I married a woman decades ago because we seemed to want the same things. We loved children and wanted to have our own. We liked outdoor activities, and lived healthy lives. We had great sex, the kind of stuff that you remember for days and months and even years later – though I didn’t. IContinue reading “The Ugly Nature of Love”
Category Archives: mental health
Disappointment
She stood in his way he thought forty years later … stepped aside away
An Angry Man
Oh one might think blaming a callous nature nothing beyond a looming storm meant for destruction old oak now rests in her dining room such is rage out of control yet a natural event would suggest helpless reprieve. Real is the anger remains inside our body not at all meant toward hurting another onlyContinue reading “An Angry Man”
The Logic of Mental Health
Introduction We are meant to live healthy lives. In confidence can we suggest that we were placed on this earth to be satisfied, happy, sensitive, loving people? The argument could be that no truer statement is meant to be applied to the human condition. We were given the tools to be able to delineate throughContinue reading “The Logic of Mental Health”
Protected: Dear Z,
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Protected: A Letter To A Friend
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The Full Moon
I looked up in the sky tonight and saw the full moon. It took my breath away naked to the world, not a cloud nearby. I was caught in the moment and felt my eyes begin to well up. Lately I cry quite often and I know the reason why. I cry over loss ofContinue reading “The Full Moon”
A New Hammock
I was outside in my hammock all afternoon. My dog hung out with me. I am on this holiday, and my grief or self-reflection has been creeping in all afternoon. I stopped posting on my more public site because there is a person I don’t want to hurt with my expression of pain. I haveContinue reading “A New Hammock”
Peace of Mind
A friend has always said to me, you have to put yourself first, find your peace of mind, discover who you really are, and allow yourself to be. This coming from a person who willingly beats herself up psychologically to such a degree I sometimes fear she may no longer see the compassion I willContinue reading “Peace of Mind”
The Circumstance of Abandonment
A close friend of mine said to me one time, you have a serious case of fear of abandonment. I hadn’t really thought about it as significantly as her words caused me to imagine, but ever since that day, I have paid close attention. Throughout my childhood, I can remember specific events all the wayContinue reading “The Circumstance of Abandonment”
Personal Testimony 