Who Am I Now That Everything Is Gone The wind is hollowing outside. I feel like a tree in the Fall that has lost all of its leaves and stands naked and cold, preparing for Winter. The snow and cold will be here soon in Upstate New York and I’m grateful I’m not being made…

Finding Hope After Devastation Fall has arrived. I’m cold, soul tired and attempting to write—while feeling there is no point. I have always been cold sensitive and after all the trauma it has become permanent. Growing up poor, heat was always hard to pay for, but as I became successful I made sure I always…

Everything Turned Upside Down Up is down and down is up. I had read that some time ago on one of those Alternative websites. Only now as I look at what is going on in my life does it seem real. Usually I wait until I experience something then go looking. Sometimes I research, but…

On the Lake The days drift slowly by. One into the next as my circumstances continue to deteroriate and the Divorce drags on. More threats of being homeless or sheriffs coming here to force me out of another home I worked twenty years on—thinking that we would retire here. “Your Divorced,” he said violently pushing…

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

Blue The hurt was finally able to come to the surface. Pushed there by a husband who was trying to divorce her by police reports. SaveSave

Saying Goodbye to Being the Good Wife and Writing Waking up in a hotel after years of taking care of a home, husband and duties as a wife left me reeling with shock, confusion and anxiety. I had to get real very quick and figure out what I needed to do. One of which was…

Feeling More and More Like Myself The rain and snow came in gently last night and blanketed the street below. I woke up and listened to the sounds of the slush on the sidewalks and the plows off in the distance. It has been awhile since I have slept through the night, but it was…