PinnedMember-onlyWhy Your Writing Needs You to Be a Better ReaderAnd how you can do it. Are you guilty, too? Were you ever caught? Hey, we did what we had to do at the time: As children, we snuck a flashlight into the bed with us so we could read our books under the covers and secrecy of darkness. As…Reading6 min readReading6 min read
Published inInvisible Illness·PinnedMember-onlyTales From A Freeloader On DisabilityI am a warrior who is using her struggles to help others. — In case you haven’t heard, I am a freeloader, a leech, a burden on society, and a resource sponge who is too lazy to work. Or so I’ve heard about those of us on Social Security Disability. The Look of Disability It’s okay. I’ve heard it all before. Even when I go to the…Disability5 min readDisability5 min read
Published inLiterally Literary·Nov 21, 2019Member-onlyThe Meandering MuseA simile poem — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Nov 11, 2019Member-onlyThe Malignancy of Writer’s Block and How I Overcame ItI stare at the blank screen before me as if the white space will offer me a rare way out of the anxiety that seizes me. The more I try to reach for a new thought, the more the words recede from me. So begins this article on writer’s block…Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Published inInvisible Illness·Oct 28, 2019Member-only10 Ways To Stop Comparisons From Stealing Your Happiness“Comparison is the thief of joy.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt “ Comparisons only break you; they never make you.” ~ Becca Hargis I don’t remember when the comparisons to other people started, but I clearly remember asking my college English professor if anyone scored a higher grade on their English paper…Self Improvement6 min readSelf Improvement6 min read
Oct 15, 2019Member-only5 Life Lessons My Vacation Taught MeI am not one who likes to travel . . . anywhere. Foreign or domestic, travel does not appeal to me. I like to stay put where I know where my next Coca-Cola is coming from, and I know where I’m sleeping at night. I tend to be a nervous…Travel6 min readTravel6 min read
Published inInvisible Illness·Oct 12, 2019Member-onlyI am anorexiaI am anorexia Menacing winds blow through my brittle bones. A see-through sheet of thin skin cannot keep out the cold. I hear the echo, echo, echo of the other girls in the halls, halls, halls, Laughing, playing, living. They are not me, and I am not them. I am…Mental Health1 min readMental Health1 min read
May 10, 2019Member-onlyWhy and How You Should Journal ConsistentlyI would be lost without it. It goes everywhere I go. I learn my thoughts among its pages and find my words between its lines. There is no doubt, my journal is a treasure. Journaling has become my friend, a safe space, and a form of self-care. …Writing6 min readWriting6 min read
May 2, 2019Member-onlyTop 10 Ways To Become An Unpopular BloggerIt takes talent to be an unpopular blogger, and that’s what I have become. It’s true. There is no room for doubt: my blog is just not popular. It’s not that I don’t enjoy blogging. There are at least 15 reasons why I love writing. But don’t be jealous. …Blogging6 min readBlogging6 min read
Published inInvisible Illness·Mar 3, 2019Member-onlyA Poem Of Acceptance To My BodyFrom my eating-disordered self. — Dear Body, Come sit down beside me, I promise I’ll not scold. Please share with me your painful thoughts. That have cut you to the bone. I promise I will listen, To how I’ve broken your tender heart, When I told you how I hated you As soon as my words could start…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
