The day began with insomnia drifted into lateness and fell into despair One found dead, the news feed reads the reaper's prize at last sorrows grips friends still other silent cheer the end of the road two kids in a doctor's office sick with the flu two strangers cling to life victims of happenstance …
For the past six years, I have had the honor of working with the students at the BETA center in Orlando. The young women I work with are amazing and it isn't a cliche to say that that inspire me everyday. Yes, sometimes they frustrate me. But, they always make it worth it. …
blinded by smoke scored by the heat nothing but the most bitter fruit left to eat nothing left but to fight to fight to die and maybe then be heard or be seen on CNN and misunderstood still better than do nothin' being the big man's punk and doing my time in the oligarch's machine …
Over the weekend, Jessica, a writer and teacher, went to social media to ask for help. She is starting her battle with cancer. At 32 years of age, she is about to battle for her life and she is facing it with the dignity and grace of both a lady and a warrior. Treatment is …
Six days, six pages and a cold. This morning, I so wished badly not to have to get out of bed and go to work. Even as I type this I am contemplating how badly I need to go to work this evening. I am thinking that I made a mistake coming to work. My …
Depression and self-doubt are my two greatest struggles as a writer. Reading one my favorite author's blogs, I realized that I spent more time with depression and its friend self-doubt than I have spent working on the craft of writing or any of my other passions. It weights on me, holds me down and keeps …
I Will Hold My Death Close by Stant Litore Available for pre-order on Amazon for your Kindle Circa 1120 BC - Israel - The story is based loosely on the events of Judges 11 where Jephthah (Yeptha) promises to sacrifice the first thing he sees upon his return home for victory over his enemies. The first …
I do not give up, but sometimes I need to give in to let my fears and the tears they generate out. I am only one person who does the best she can and gets up everyday and tries to do it a little better than she did before. I want a life with more sunshine …
I am grateful for my depression. Grateful for the moments of joy that I feel in between the lows create by years of ugly mental paradigms, negative self-talk and off kilter brain chemistry. It makes me appreciate the friends new and old who have stuck by my side when my brain has been in a …
One of my favorite authors, Stant Litore, has begun Kickstarter campaign to help fund his latest project. Here is it in his own words. If you can please invest in this unique project, thank you. Whether you want to read about a zombie apocalypse in the Middle East in 1160 BC, or in second-century Rome, …
Lucinda Rose 