I’ve been thinking about this topic for weeks now. Jennifer first brought it up and told me it was okay to share. I still don’t want to, but I want to. I am afraid of having friends. I am afraid that people don’t really like me. I am afraid that […]
credit: Alyssa Miller I’m in my thirties and I am afraid of going to bed. I fight sleep – I fight going to sleep – but it isn’t the sleep I fear. I’m afraid of going to bed, laying there in quiet, alone, vulnerable… Going to bed is a lonely […]
I sit in my lounge chair, reading, thinking, watching. Always watching. My kids. Your kids. All the kids at the pool. We have lifeguards, good lifeguards, but still, I pay attention. I get nervous. Kids slip. They horse around. They make dumb decisions. And sometimes, accidents happen. The diving board […]
