I recognized I needed help. Before Medicare would cover psychologist visits, I had to be evaluated by a psychiatrist. He diagnosed me as having PTSD (from childhood issues) and Clinical Depression. I went weekly to the psychologist without the results I thought I needed. I was still depressed and had…

But I’m still on it. I’m on Facebook — not “X”/Twitter, Tik Tok, or Instagram — just good ole Facebook. I signed on more than ten years ago when I thought it would be a good platform for marketing my writing. Well, not so much. …

Even now, on my second marriage late in life, I must rewash thedishes my husband washes. I experienced weaponized incompetence (also called deliberate incompetence) even before I knew the terms. I was married, working full time as an RN in a hospital when I fell over a rolled-up rug left…

They show how I feel... still feel…

Shannon Ashely has an indepth and personal story about how she feels about the news about Lizzo. The following is part of my response to that story: I admit that not long ago I declared Lizzo was one of my heroes. I’ve been a fat woman for most of my…

I’ll start… It’s 2007 and I’m watching a very scary movie. I sit on a folding chair in a local “art house” that shows movies that may not get to a big screen. In this horror movie there are no zombies, aliens, or monsters destroying our planet. Correction: This movie…

But I will… Your body changes greatly. Yeah, you knew that but feeling and seeing it in the mirror are very different. Seeing my turkey neck in the mirror while I put on make-up is very depressing — even more than my droopy boobs, flabby belly and crepe skin (all…

Things I should have understood back then that are now part of my life… Old couple living on the first floor of their duplex. Small bathroom and kitchen downstairs, rods on open doorways hanging with clothes. Me: I’m having problems walking up stairs, especially with no banisters so now using…

At the age of 75, after months of physical issues, doctors’ visits, surgeries. I decided it was time to reevaluate my Bucket List. I was surprised by what I found. I had no list or at least the list was very short. Original list is now what I’ve done: 1…