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Thank you, Jill
I had had it with life in San Francisco after ten years, losing a husband to suicide, years of drugs to hide my pain, and working like a dog for a man who could have cared the less. One evening...
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My Handsome Man
MY HANDSOME MAN As I mentioned in a previous post, I left San Francisco on January 4, 1993 and moved to Reno, Nevada to live with my mother for a while. It took me forever, it seemed, to find a job,...
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“Mom, I’m Gay”
Image by the University of Calgary, Canada I attended a private Baptist School from fourth to twelfth grade and received an excellent education. As for preparing me and the other students for the...
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A Letter to My Uncle
This email was sent to me by my niece, Stephanie. She is actually Joey’s niece, but since we’ve been married for seventeen years, Stephanie and her siblings are my nieces and nephew just as much as...
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Goodbye
"Jump" by Ayame This is the story that I have not wanted to write for a long time; it is the story of my late husband, Stephen, who committed suicide while I was at home with him. I have struggled...
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Hunger Knows No Season
I apologize for not writing sooner, but I have been in a “funk” lately. Now that I am over it, I can start writing again. I thought I would talk about hunger in the United States and what some...
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In Memoriam: One Hell of a Lady
Elizabeth Edwards passed away yesterday from a long battle with breast cancer. Because of her station in life and the resources available to her, she was able to fight and advocate for those less...
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Fight Like Hell or Fight Just Enough?
This was written over two months ago in the middle of the night while I couldn’t sleep. I felt it was still necessary to post, even though much has changed since then. I will follow up with a current...
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Will Be Back Soon…
I am done recovering from surgery, a large bout of “what do I do now with my life” and am ready to write. Unfortunately, my computer is not able to stay up and running for too long until it shuts...
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