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The Darkness Comes (Originally published December 31, 2013)
The darkness threatened to close around me. I felt the tentacles stretching towards me, reaching, snaking their way through to my body and soul. I could see them, slowly moving in, becoming stronger, increasingly darker as they approached. The fogginess … Continue reading
How Did I Get So Lucky? (Originally published March, 2013)
Before delving into the more wacky side of bipolar disorder/depression/generalized anxiety disorder (That’s right, forgot to tell you about the latter, didn’t I? Silly me!), let me take a moment to say how grateful I am for this, that, and … Continue reading
On Life, Death, and Birthdays
Today would have been my sister’s 45th birthday. She died five years ago. We weren’t speaking at the time of her death. Was it a suicide? She’d attempted suicide before. Was it an accidental overdose? Or was it one of … Continue reading