What does June bring to mind from your childhood? #PghPridePosts

Happy Pride and welcome to my #PghPridePosts series. Today I post a video reflecting on the month of June as a kid and an adult. Remember when summer began in June, not solstice June but June June? My physical therapist told me I needed new sandals because of my back and plantar fasciitis. Fortunately, the […]

The Summer I Hoped to Have Without Loneliness

lonely sunset in Pittsburgh

I’ve written about this many times, but June is a very difficult month for me. This year, a particular challenge has been my trauma processing work – digging in deep to some stuff that’s so hard to face, so painful, so so so much I can’t discuss with anyone except my therapist. And my therapist […]

And Spring Depression Cometh …

I’ve blogged many times about my reverse seasonal mood disorders – elevated in the fall, low in the spring. We are not so oldWe have miles to goWe will take it slowAs the years unfoldThat’s a lot to know. This past week, my mood began to dip. Some of this was due to increasing my […]