My Friend Amy Sent me a PSL Care Package from New York

My friend Amy is pretty awesome. I don’t think she hears that often enough. I don’t think she believes it to be true. So I am putting it on the official record. I have known Amy since at least 1975 so I should know. Recently, she asked me – oh so innocently – if i […]

Attachment disorder, bipolar depression, and me

I’ve been feeling down the past few days – overwhelmed by the media I consume, processing some difficult things in therapy this week, not eating well, not having much energy. Some of that is the weather of course. But June is historically a tough month for me with regard to bipolar depression. I have what’s […]

That Time We Fell Out of Touch, Forever.

It has been 18 years since I last saw you, laid out stiffly in your coffin. It wasn’t you – you curled up, you fidgeted, you made big gestures, you drove me crazy with your constant shifting . You weren’t physically still. That’s how I knew for sure that you were gone. Your body was […]

How Lucky Am I To Have This 50 Year Friendship?

Let me tell you about my friend, Amy L. We grew up together in West Mifflin, kept in touch over the years. She landed in Upstate NY where she raised her two kids, now adults. She worked in the retail grocery world for like 20 years before pivoting to a civil service exam at age […]