Parental Screams: A scream that echoes in the thought chambers after a conversation with your offspring that you can't outwardly react too because you love them. (lol)

I loved deeply—and still had to walk away. This essay explores romance through the lens of faith, obedience, and the cost of choosing God when emotions say otherwise.

My grief with my dad as a daddy's girl and managing life without him for almost 2 years trying to make the best out of it all

America seems to move backward; individualism and material success are increasingly prioritized over shared morality. This shift results in disappointment when we see admired family members or public figures act in ways that contradict those values. When someone we look up to acts unethically or falls from grace, it has a broad impact on both them and their supporters.

When everything finally goes quiet, she realizes that silence can be louder than fear. Trapped between a past that refuses to let go and a choice that could change everything, one ordinary night becomes a test of courage, truth, and survival. As tension builds and secrets surface, she must decide whether to keep running from the pain-- or stand still long enough to face it. This short story is gripping, emotional journey through fear, resilience, and the moment a person discovers they are stronger than the life trying to break them.

I sit in the dark while the world sleeps, tracing the cracks in myself no one will ever see. Late nights are when honesty feels dangerous, when my wounds speak, and the shadows finally know my name.

I mentioned recently that I was confused by the earnings on Medium, and then they jumped a bit — 10 cents in one day, then they stayed static again for a bit. I don’t know if it’s just what’s happening or if Medium is kind of updating all at once. Either way, I might get a payout this month, but I’m not counting on it.

In the PNW it’s really easy to get seasonal depressive disorder. Especially if you’re like me and lived your whole adulthood in the southwest.!

Mustache Man The Weimar Republic failed. It was actually a pretty spectacular failure. Their currency became worthless almost overnight, a victim of hyperinflation brought about by the sanctions and reparations from WWI. People were desperate, and Hitler gave them a place to focus their anger — but let’s be clear, without the collapse of the German economy, Hitler would not have been able to make that narrative work. If people are happy, they don’t need someone to blame. He gave them an easy focus for their fear, something that didn’t force them to face reality. Sure, it was a lie — but fascism always starts from a lie.

In the struggle between the physical and the spiritual, we often mistake our own endurance for our own strength. These two pieces explore the same battle from two different lenses: the prophetic 'big picture' and the raw, first-person testimony of standing under divine protection.

"In the struggle between the physical and the spiritual, we often mistake our own endurance for our own strength. These two pieces explore the same battle from two different lenses: the prophetic 'big picture' and the raw, first-person testimony of standing under divine protection."

I was arrested. This is my story of how two idiot police officers took advantage of my situation and used it to make an 'easy arrest'. Not ACAB, but most certainly a decent few are.

The Winter storm Fern has passed and I was supposed to update the notes with what I'm doing, so I apologize for that!

This is a piece about rebuilding--quietly, imperfectly, and honestly. About motherhood, loss, growth, and learning how to stand again after everything falls apart. These are notes from the middle of becoming someone new.

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They say some individuals are once-in-a-lifetime people who leave such a strong impression that it still lingers after they're gone. Today, I share a tale of one of these individuals—a woman who left behind a legacy unmatched by hard work, love, and sacrifice, and by wise words, wisecracks, and quips. This woman had it all and in spades. Simply put, you couldn't tell her nothin'.

My husband and I are newlyweds. We got married a year after he came home from prison. He proposed before he went to prison. After violations and him having to go back and this being the second time I decided to write about the emptiness and the brokenness that comes with the distance.

I grew up in South Boston, the real Southie, where loyalty meant everything. I chose survival, and that led me exactly where you’d expect: behind bars. Serious time. 15 yrs of it. 10 of those yrs were spent in solitary - 23 hours a day in a cell barely bigger than a closet, disappearing piece by piece. Then something happened I still can’t fully explain. 15 yrs after I first went in, I found God. That led me toward higher education in ways I’m still trying to understand. I enrolled in a dual-degree program right out of the gate, earned both degrees with high honors, then went straight into a doctoral program. I discovered that the psychological trauma I’d endured in solitary, that wasn’t just my past. It was my calling. Eventually, I got the urge to apply to that Ivy League place in town. An Irish kid from the Southie projects, with a criminal record, walking into their Yard. This is the story of how I ended up with 2 PhDs in psychology and what I learned along the way.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Hello 👋🏽 here a mother of 4 will always be diving deep into the life of THIS mother not A mother, WHY? There is no mother in this world as jacked up as me that’s why. 😂 So with that being said I do hope you enjoy ☺️ my blog about different scopes of my life through my journey to and in adulthood. My blogs will never be for the weak it will make you experience every emotion man can produce. I’m going to explain why I chose blueblackgirl as well. Im also going to give you a snippet of the manuscript behind it later down the line. Though first I’d like to share with you where the name blueblackgirl came from.

This is not a post-scarcity piece In 2016, I was teaching IT at Nova Scotia Community College. That was the year AlphaGo came out. Most people didn’t know much about this until the rather breathless headlines started to hit, and even then, it didn’t mean a lot to them. So, another game, kind of like chess, but asian, was now being dominated by computers. Kind of interesting, maybe, but not something to give much thought.