I always wanted to know you. You left me when I was born. I finally was able to find you. You left me very forlorn. I waited my whole life. I waited until after I became a wife. I waited until... Read more >>

For the last four years … to be the mom they seemed to need.  Allow me to share our back story. I met my s/o online in 2003, he was in Michigan, I was in NYC. We met in a single... Read more >>

My parent’s marriage ended, according to some accounts (namely my mother’s) at my first birthday party when my dad declared he was gay. He claims that didn’t end the marriage, that... Read more >>

The heart is broken, the spirit feels abandoned. Somewhere, somehow, there is the hope of redemption. There are pieces of the heart, broken, tossed off. No amount of searching will be able to... Read more >>

I try day after day to figure out who I am. Where am I coming from? Why am I lonely? Why is my self-worth so much lower than the average persons? I was a baby when my biological mother left me in a... Read more >>

Sometimes I hate you for what you did and how it has affected me. I used to wait for you to apologize for what you have done, but now I realize that you never will. And although I... Read more >>

Today I woke up with such intense anxiety—you know the kind—eyes open wide, terror in the pit of your stomach, and you feel as if you cannot move. Your brain freezes in terror and... Read more >>

There were very few things I could be sure of in my twenties. The only constant in my life at that time was my toothpaste, good ol’ Tom’s of Maine, Cinnamint. Everything else in my life... Read more >>

As I was about to turn myself in I was thinking I need to get a drink one more time. It seemed like the right thing to do. So I headed for the store, but I was not old enough, so I had to have someone... Read more >>

I admit it: I’m a people watcher, especially at the card racks before holidays such as Mother’s Day. I have watched people read every card diligently, scrunching their faces or shaking... Read more >>