How a Phallic Pumpkin Pie Blizzard Honors My Best Friend
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Update on my housing options after the divorce
So the divorce trial approaches. That’s hard. It is even harder to think about what comes next. Appeals. Will I be able to fund them? Will I have a place to live that’s safe and secure? Am I going to have any agency in my life again? Today marks three years since I launched my […]
Can’t help but think of yesterday. Happy 60th Birthday, John!
Today is a date that would have made John groan, curl up in a blanket on the couch, and turn on the Broadway Musical streaming channel – his 60th birthday. I wish he was here so I could tease him about it. But he is not. Typically, the dates of his birth and death make […]
My best friend Dr. John P. Ruffing VMD died on this date in 2007. He was 41.
I found this today “Susan, Though I do not tell you often, I am glad that you are part of my life. Some or most of my best memories are times that we have shared together. I will love you always and I hope the day (my birthday) was special for you truly are. I […]
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 […]
Yesterday, My Friend Created a Venmo to Support My Legal Fund
My friend has long stayed away from online currency accounts. The few times I needed to send $$ to her, I sent it to her son’s PayPal. So I was quite surprised to get her note that she had successfully set up a Venmo account and sent me $20. Sure enough, there it was with […]
And we go riding, riding in your car or learning how to Uber
For the past 16 months, I have been unable to ride in a vehicle driven by a stranger – especially in the back seat. This is a trauma reaction to the time I was put in handcuffs, put in the backseat of a police car, fastened, and taken away from my home under the pretext […]
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 […]