Fairfield County Mom: My Latest Post
My newest blog post on Fairfield County Mom talks about preparing for IEP meetings. Check it out! How To Prepare for an IEP Meeting
Category: Short Stories/Writings
Eruption
Sometimes life changes with a jerk, heads into a flow of uncertainty, towards a direction you didn’t want it to go. Eruptions cannot be stopped or curbed. Witnessing this upheaval makes life feel uncontrollable, but was it really to begin with anyway? Just watch it. See it fester and unfold and turn into a different… Read More Eruption
An Elementary Goodbye
Her backpack reached down to her calfs as her kindergarten legs were barely long enough to take that first step onto the gigantic school bus. First grade eyes never looked up from an engrossing book her growing mind soaked in. She mastered the monkey bars during second grade recess. Her third grade writings were creative… Read More An Elementary Goodbye
Sassy Tween Advice: My Latest FCM Writing
Yesterday on Fairfield County Mom I gave advice on having a tween in the house. Check it out here: Sassy Tween Entering the Ring
Detached Love
A mental health poem: Detached Love… Read More Detached Love
Spring Aura, A Poem
The daffodil beams forth to warm the heart, calling to release the winter’s unrelenting vortex the soul slipped into. The crocus’s peremptory murmur to spring’s aura of radiance allows the mind to endure the ending of the dormant season. The tulip breathes spiritedness into lifeless flesh ready for reprise of longer sunshines. Snowdrops fortify the… Read More Spring Aura, A Poem
Have Hope: My Latest FCM Post
I came into this calendar year intending to stay in the joyful mindset of my youth. I craved my happy, optimistic self of days before the pandemic, days when my children were smaller, even those days when I lived a life before becoming a mom and wife. To continue reading, please go to Fairfield County… Read More Have Hope: My Latest FCM Post
Ticket
The ticket to comfortability comes with an elongated ride on the train of stifled cathexis. Thinking this is a comfortable ride may confirm the belief all is in favor. Time hands over the keys of real change and forgetting allegiance to ones soul feels legitimate. A juncture wrapped in dismay and despondency inverts convenience into… Read More Ticket
Branching Out
Tears danced with my mascara on my cheek; there was no hiding my emotions. If I must scream from the rooftops to protect my transgender son, I will do it every day of the week. To read more, visit Fairfield County Moms… You are looking at a new contributor to the Fairfield County Moms blog!… Read More Branching Out
Short Story: Life’s Symphony of Grieving Expectations
The running commercial of happiness in my head, the one there since I was a little girl, consisting of my highest expectations that are impossible yet remain in my brain anyway, feels like the needle scratching across the vinyl of an old record as I sit with tears in my eyes wondering what I’m doing… Read More Short Story: Life’s Symphony of Grieving Expectations
Short Story: Start Over
The tears suddenly stopped. Her folded hands on her chest felt her breath return to a normal pace as she let her entire body ease into the bed. Lila decided to stop crying and was able to instantaneously convince her body to do so. She had made up her mind. Her life needed to change… Read More Short Story: Start Over
Poem: Is Light
God is light. The brightness in the east through the trees in the morning while the bitter wind tightens the cheeks. The streams of glow dancing to greet the day, a welcoming gratitude of what shall become and of curiosity and wonder to say. In the darkness and shadows where troubles lurk and swallow, a… Read More Poem: Is Light
Momma Wanderer 