Filling the Emptiness

Filling the Emptiness

Some truths about me: I have never married. I don’t know what it feels like to be loved by a partner. I have never really had a long-term relationship. I have never really been noticed by men. I have never really been asked out on dates. I can finally say out...
What’s Normal

What’s Normal

A very vulnerable post lies ahead because there’s a lot of truth here. More than I usually share. And, I have shared a lot. You see, I have always despised photos of me being taken. I have been so ashamed of my body for years and years and years that, well you...

Who Do You Think You Are?

No. It really doesn’t go away. This feeling that I don’t belong. Or that I really don’t have what it takes to do what I do. Doubting my abilities. Doubting my power. Who do I think I am? That was very much the feeling this past month. My business...

The Power of Silence

I love sleeping with the window open most of the year. In the summer I let the a/c do the work, but the rest of the year… nothing like some fresh air. Our house is on the top of a hill in our subdivision. We look out our back on to a common ground with houses...

Vulnerability

Ugh. I hate missing out. Gatherings. Movies. Plays. Dinners. Starbucks. Opportunities. I feel like I’m at a bus stop and the busses keep passing me by without stopping. I’m waving my arms wildly, trying to get their attention. But I’m at a...