Poetry
Why I Published “My Diary” (Good Pastures!)
Many people pick up my book, begin to read, then quickly stop – they come to me and say “I feel like I’m reading your diary! How do you feel comfortable with me reading this??” The question seems funny to me, since it’s already passed the publishing stage – I had this thought before I published, and thought very deeply about why I wanted to share some of my deepest thoughts.
Respectful Parent Advocacy in the Medical World
I didn’t know the real meaning of parent advocacy until I was a parent myself – I had experiences with it beforehand. My mother fought for me, defended me, batted off psychologists and friends who labeled me as depressed when I actually had a disease that was simply hard to diagnose. Yet I didn’t fully […]
Reconstruct
There are buzz wordsWords I’m not used toOr words I’m simply not fond ofI hearI reactI judgeThen I condemn Before even a word is on my tongue, Or a believing thought on my heartOr a conversation to be had Deconstruction It’s such a difficult thingWe hear itWe judgeAnd we simply condemn When in reality, If […]
Living When Time Stops
There is a feeling that happens to everybody at some point in their life. Whether it’s a death, a sickness, a divorce, a family grief – I’m sure there are things I don’t even know about that cause this feeling. All I know is, I know I’m not the only one. I remember calling one […]
Console
I tell my story – To all those who see my girl Or sometimes, they just see me The look in my eyes, The patience of my heart They know something is different, Something has changed from yesterday to today I tell them my girl stops breathing, She has a hole somewhere strange – An […]