Dear Beloved Steemians, Great news! This year you can order your Girl Scout cookies online. That makes it easier to support your favorite Girl Scouts, which are obviously mine. All proceeds from upvotes

I believe this is the first time I’ve ever tracked my eating with the express purpose of not losing weight. I experience compulsive overeating coupke with anorexia. For the last several months, I’ve been

Winter is fading. I know you are sitting on the window seat gazing into the soft snow. I know you are breathing slowly, heart heavier than any child should carry. I know you are wishing on every snowflake

Some books stand the test of time. They call to you from the shelves. They last through every book purge, finding their way back to your nightstand for yet another read. Many of us have a favorite story.

I reached my size goal the other day through a ketogenic diet coupled with CrossFit. I was like, yes! This is awesome! My knees feel great. One has no cartilage so this is a big deal. image from pixabay.com

For many years I was a full time mom with a blog. It was not my dream. It was an expectation I bought into. I've been very open about my truth that, had I not been expected to have children, I believe

Let me 'splain you something--my weekend was too busy, too short, didn't have enough sleep in it, had one too many kids with fevers, trips to the doctor for an ear infection and I basically felt like a

I’m so tired of the haunting night terrors. It is so hard to start a day off on a strong and positive note when I have been in this torturous dreamland for hours. Even when I wake up crying out loud, soaked

This is why I took myself off pain meds. The doctors and the insurance just try to control me and treat me like I’m an addict just because a lot of people are. Count my pills assholes. You threw me into

This is what it looks like to feel like two very different people. The one one the right is me during a #battle with #suicidal psychosis and the one on the left is the one I try so hard to present to the

Procreation is not to be taken lightly, especially if you are an introvert with an introverted partner. Unless you are very wealthy or have access to extended family to regularly take your child or, heaven

image from pixabay.com I have been participating in the Steemit Bloggers community on Discord. The mission is the promotion of community engagement with the Steemit community. Each day you are invited

Taken with my Samsung S7 Edge The challenge: 7 black & white images that represent an aspect of your life. No people. No explanation. Nominate someone every day. Although anyone can join in. Use the

Last night, Democrat Doug Jones defeated accused serial pedophile Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate special election. It's beginning to look a lot like Resistance, eeeeeeverywhere you go... (^^^I stole that

Today I read Rebecca Solnit's essay "On women's work and the myth of the art monster" at Lit Hub, in which she defends art-making females against charges of selfishness. Today, in a private group

I am distracting myself from my beautiful, terrible weekend by looking at pictures of jewelry I made, new beads and supplies I want, and a scale, so I can stop having to go to the post office and stand

I wrote this post two years ago yesterday on my blog another writing mom (when my son was barely 3, and when I was mommy blogging instead of being bowled over by memoir!). The boy and the presents are

Will you use your imagination for a moment? Yes? Okay! Fredrick Kearney Jr @fredasem So let's all imagine that we lived in a world where strange bearded men named Santa Claus did break into our homes to

Hello, hello. I'm excited to let you know the Center for Creative Writing is hosting a giveaway with lots of ways to enter. Do you like reading? This is for you. You can find the full details here, but

Constellation magic, tightrope strung between the thighs of imagination, rhythm section in the Wonka factory your body is tasty morsels is a table for dining is hidden gem sparkles that fell from your