you & me Learn That Flowers and Love Need Not Have Prickles. We learn that no amount of heartbreak will ever make us forget who the fuck we are, what we bring to the table, and just how amazing we all are. Continue Reading
you & me When You’ve Given Your All for Someone You Thought You Loved. She made up her mind that this big and clumsy ghost was gone and her energy needed to be focused on all that was sustainable. Continue Reading
archives, you & me Taking a Chance for Myself After Years of Marriage. My sisters and I watched it for years. It made us angry, so we chose emotionally damaged boy/men at early ages. They divorced theirs. I stayed. And left. Continue Reading
archives, you & me Stale Linens: I Smell like Him Now. When they came out of the dryer and onto his bed, the sweet, stale linen smell permeated the air once again. It’s just how he smelled. Continue Reading
archives, you & me The Right Valentine: Standing in Front of a Wall of Cards. That excluded the cheesy cards, like the one with a dinosaur that said, “I dino how I’d live without you.” I did know how I’d live without him. Continue Reading
archives, you & me Graffiti on Grey Matter: Conversations with Myself. The distance is supposed to matter... The farther away he gets -- the more you fight to push him out of your head -- the brighter he shines. Continue Reading
archives, fiction, you & me Lonely Holiday Insurance. {fiction} At that time, I was with Olivia, and I believed we had a romantic relationship. So simply from curiosity and for fun, I bought this holiday insurance. Continue Reading
archives, you & me I’m My Priority Now: This Is What Self-Love Looks Like. I’m here to love me now... I’ve closed the door on him, and if he’s out in the cold, sick, sad and old, it was his conscious choice, not mine. Continue Reading
archives, you & me Dichotomies: Every Piece of Discontent in a Relationship Is the Contribution of the Two. It takes two... This realization was known and placed somewhere in my being, but I had never had the emotional capacity to apply it to my own life. Continue Reading
archives, you & me Reality Check: Still Thirsty, but It Is No Longer a Flaw That Mocks Me. We have the ability to light a torch for others should they find themselves someday wandering as we were -- tired, thirsty, disillusioned. Continue Reading