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Mercy mercy me
Why do you continue To say that the money is what matters? To tout it as the stuff of life. Why do you perpetuate this fakery, born of…
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Mommess
Why ask?
Truly great questions are like time-release peace bombs that detonate in real life. – W. Leitzen
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Testimony 2019
This was originally written as testimony to RI state legislature to help pass the Reproductive Health Care Act in RI in 2019l codifying RI’s citizens right to abortion…
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to women who’ve made themselves a holy mess of wonderfulness
This is a shout out to all women, like me, who have experienced trauma and made themselves a holy mess of wonderfulness. This is a shout out to…
Body & Health
Dart Dart Dart
Dart. Dart. Dart. Rest. Dart. Dart. Dart. Finger, thumb moving. Eyes darting. Soul wondering. Entertainment! A Life! Exciting! Surprising!. Odd. Outrageous. Horrible. Sad. Scroll. Share. Share. Share. Smirk.…
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Four Styles of Defining A Life
I wrote a chunk of a self-help book over a decade ago. It described the four styles people use to find — and define — meaning in their lives.…
Mommess
My poem to you
This poem is one of thanks. And it is for you. Dear friend, you are a woman of extraordinary depth. You feel. You feel for others who forget…
Creativity
Write what you want to learn
Many years ago, I trained to become a life coach. I went to conference after conference, took 2 years of tele-classes and put myself “out there” as a…
Family
A message to my son on Mother’s Day
Hi O! You are four now, and not one for lengthy or deep conversations, but there are so many things I want to say to you, so I’ll…
Culture
Post-truth: a convenient lie
[originally posted 12/6/2016] In case you haven’t already heard, here I present to you the Oxford Dictionary’s 2016 word of the year: post-truth. This confection, ahem, conception has…
Creativity
Thank you Carrie
Take your broken heart, and make it art -Carrie Fisher to Meryl Streep
Creativity
This day
I’d love to write something meaningful today, but I’m just relieved not to feel the monkey-gong of emotion hit when I think about PEOTUS. Do you know what…