smoke signals

Around the time I was 15 I started sneaking cigarettes here and there... by the time I was 17 I was a smoker.  I continued down that path of smoking until I was 23 years old.  In November of 2000 I quit smoking.  It was the very end of November, after thanksgiving.  I'd tried to … Continue reading smoke signals

when cats cry

Oh what to do, what to say? Yesterday I posted about all those drafts that were saved up in my wordpress... Posts I had barely written.  Posts that were long and never concluded.  Posts that had great meaning, but I just kind of had trouble letting go of them.  The one that seemed most intriguing … Continue reading when cats cry

heavy

In the drafts folder of this blog sit so many unfinished posts...  Some are heavy and laden with meaning.  Sleep, life, love, marriage, friendship, parenting, the years passing by, vegetable gardens.  Even one about an email from a friend that suddenly found herself going through something I'd suffered through in the past. There's a post … Continue reading heavy