A divorce is scary, like heights when you’re acrophobic. “Don’t look down” becomes “don’t look back.” Probably “don’t look forward” either, because the past and the future are frightening. Living in the moment is the best option, and even then, it’s easy to trip and fall. I will be fine. I know this because I … Continue reading
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Affirmations
I hate to be criticized. That’s one of the most significant things I learned at school this quarter. Displaying our Business Logo projects on the big screen to be poked and picked apart–my design was first and I took the critiques personally. Then I was hurling my own criticisms at the critics. “Your business card … Continue reading
Officially a Working Mom
My mom used to love all the TV psychics. My sister and I watched Sylvia Browne with her when we were small. Even as a kid, I was a skeptic. But it didn’t keep me from making a pact of after-death communication with my mom and sister. We brainstormed for days about how we would communicate with … Continue reading
Mommy’s Coke Binge
I stumbled in to my dad’s house at 2:00 in the morning. My eyes were bloodshot and my heart was racing due to a mix of adrenaline and coke. Well, technically it was Diet Coke but I felt like I’d been on a real coke bender. I drank around forty ounces of cold, pure D.C. at … Continue reading
Contrary Mom on Psychology Today!
Victoria Maxwell is a Playwright, Actor, Lecturer, and Blogger at Psychology Today. Her blog, Crazy for Life, Escapades of a Bipolar Princess, is honest, brave, and thoroughly entertaining! I am feeling honored, ecstatic, and to be honest, surprisingly anxious because Victoria is featuring my essay, “I Ate a Baby” today on her blog. If you love me … Continue reading