Tag: Motherless
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PTSD-n-Me
I am having the worst time (worst as in emotional and stressful) writing chapters for my memoir about my childhood. Trying to get back into my 5 year old thoughts after watching my mother die isn’t cute. The tears that well up and stream down my face while I’m reading aren’t cute. My depression isn’t…
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The Scar Left Behind
Laying in bed last night I was startled awake by a sharp noise outside my window. I still don’t know what it was, but the subsequent bark from my dog Max and then my thudding heart beat confirmed it was real. In that state, it was difficult to get back to sleep. And when my…