Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with heart failure, the traumatizing phrase used to describe the condition in which the heart does not pump blood as well… Read more “Congenitally Diseased Hearts Matter”
Category: Love & Other Disasters
Dating stories from the Mile High, marriage adjustments, reflections on motherhood, and relationship rants.
He Did It His Way
Yesterday I left a hot and sunny Chicago day and returned home to a cold and snowy Denver evening. I twisted the key in my apartment door… Read more “He Did It His Way “
Mama
Mama, Today is your birthday. You have reached your 60th year. I know reading this blog is among one of the first things you will do today… Read more “Mama”
More Like Congenital Hot Disease
One winter night in my mid-20s I sat alone at my neighborhood dive bar. As I sipped bourbon and snacked on popcorn smothered in fake butter and… Read more “More Like Congenital Hot Disease”
If You Give an Ex a Muffin
I am sure many of you are familiar with the children’s book classic, “If You Give a Moose a Muffin” by Laura Numeroff. I received flowers on… Read more “If You Give an Ex a Muffin “
To My Faithful Followers
To My Faithful Followers- Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of my first public blog post on “Confessions of a Banshee.” Consequently it also marks the one… Read more “To My Faithful Followers”
The Time I Got Chlamydia
Once upon a time, I got chlamydia. I was in Venezia, Italia and it was my 23rd birthday. My boyfriend back home (a grocery store butcher) had… Read more “The Time I Got Chlamydia”
Over-Investing Is For Finance, Not Romance
over-invest, verb the practice of investing more into an asset than what that asset it worth on the open market The world of finance is as foreign… Read more “Over-Investing Is For Finance, Not Romance”
Give Me A Damn Diaphragm
In the days following Donald Trump’s election to US President, women swarmed gynecological offices nationwide in pursuit of the IUD, a small, t-shaped device that is placed… Read more “Give Me A Damn Diaphragm”
Dating Traumatic Stress Disorder (DTSD)
My collective romantic history reads like the offspring of a comic book, a horror story and a classic tragedy. I broke up with my first ever boyfriend… Read more “Dating Traumatic Stress Disorder (DTSD)”