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Like Queen Elsa said ‘The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside’ The weather this winter has matched my internal dialogue There’s a snowfall at least once a week There are some weeks where it’s every other day Tonight, there’s a snow squall outside outside our window It may not set a record thisContinue reading “When the Weather Matches your Mindset”

Or is it? A lot has been dropped on my lap in the last two weeks A lot more is coming in the next few weeks Will it change anything? Will it make it better? Or will it make it worse? While a lot of the changes has been baby steps in the right direction…Continue reading “Change Is Around the Corner”

But not enough words to say it with When there’s so much to say But you’re tired of it falling on deaf ears When there’s so much to say Because you see what’ll happen if you don’t stop When you have so much to say So you find a way to vent When you haveContinue reading “When There’s So Much To Say”

For 2+ years, our movements were watched Every interaction Every conversation Every. Little. Thing. It would then be taken and used against us My son going to bed? It suddenly sounded like an elephant was having a party upstairs Watching a movie before you go to bed? The washing machine upstairs would come on. AndContinue reading “‘I’m Watching You’”

October 2022 It was a new beginning As it turned out, it wouldn’t be the new beginning that I originally thought What followed would be a test A walk down a path that I didn’t even think fathomable The mental health of my son and I ended up dragged through mud Run through the gutterContinue reading “The Kindness of Strangers”

But I don’t ‘Do A, B & C’ I already have and it went nowhere ‘How about X, Y & Z?’ Tried that, too, and same result ‘Have you tried…?’ Every single thing you’ve mentioned… ‘And…?’ Dead ends ‘But what about…?’ Every single path Every single avenue Every single possiblity But we don’t qualify We’reContinue reading “‘You’ve Got This!’”

It’s ingrained All you have to do is ask But then you do And the excuses start flying So you start to withdraw You get asked why If you get asked at all People start dropping like flies You’re left looking at the big, gaping hole left behind You move forward anyway You have toContinue reading “‘The Village’”

If I had a straightforward answer, I’d already have given it But…why? It’s not my responsibility to psychoanalyze why bad people do bad things But…why? Because we don’t live in a world full of good people But…why? Because not everyone has a built in support system But…why? Because it’s not a ‘What you see isContinue reading “But…Why?”