Feelings kind of suck sometimes. I was taught to swallow my emotions, and it seems that I learned rather well. Once I was on my own, the first time I […]

Not even a brokedown train can stop us from getting to the Grateful Dead show at Shea Stadium!

I was brought up to believe that showing vulnerability was a sign of weakness. Now I understand that it takes great strength to be who we are: to speak our […]

I like being with people who know me. My parents ripped me away from my Ceil Place friends when I was in 9th grade. And while this homebody has been […]

Signs, Signs, Everywhere! The other day I posted about finding a heart rock that I felt was placed in my path. I wasn’t having the best day, so it seemed […]

Love. I am certain that someone from above put this in my path the other day. Just when you think there’s not enough love in your world, the Universe shows […]

Another friend down. Darn it! Too many of my childhood friends have passed at a very young age, leaving the rest of our group to cope in a world without […]

I used to be so nice. And Demur. Submissive. A Follower. What happened? Life created an animal in me. I am second generation Italian. It’s in the genes and the […]

What Easter dessert looks like to empty-nester (read: abandoned) parents! Yogurt and fruit. Meh dessert, meh kids.

Some things are so sad. I didn’t know Willis Hossler, except through Facebook. I can’t remember how we found each other. All I know is that he responded in the […]