Category Archives: New Stories (that I wrote)

As fear releases my palate for life expands. As anguish fades my horizons broaden. As tension falls away breath enters in and my eyes open. As shame becomes extinguished love grows and glows like a bright light. As depression disappears joy emerges softly. As anxiety is maintained and diminishes then peace is free to enter.Continue reading “Releasing Fear”

Touch me. Oh, run your fingers through my hair and caress my head. Whisper gently to me. The world has been too harsh and I have been harsh within it. The world has run me down and scraped away at all I am. I forgot what love feels like. Tenderness feels like a foreign concept.Continue reading “Recalibrating”

This is a sign of my location. These tropical, regal looking trees are a sign to me that I live in California, not just a nursing home in the middle of nowhere. They sway in the breeze among the crystal clear blue sky. Dear California, keep breathing. Though I haven’t seen much of you sinceContinue reading “California Palms”

“They make me sick! They feel like mini straight-jackets for your face!” was the feeling I had. Today I heard that California, and the L.A. County shelter-in-place order was extended until the end of July and that masks in the nursing home I live in have to be worn inside AND outside from now on.Continue reading “And So It Continues”

In this strange cocoon I’m stuck in it can be a training ground for my new life. I can nurture and cultivate a 2.0 version of myself. This cocoon can give me tools for the future. It may be hard sometimes, but it can be my favorite project. I can be my favorite project. IContinue reading “Becoming My Best Friend”