I wanted to whine and complain about having a little chest congestion and cough, then I received a message from my former martial arts instructor in MI that his daughter, who is a few years younger than me, lost her lengthy battle with cancer. I wanted to write about a couple of friends I lost […]
Have you ever attempted to have a discussion with someone who just dominates the conversation? I think conversation dominators are so uncomfortable with themselves that they take over the conversation so people don’t have to ask them anything. I recently went to a small dinner party where one person continued to talk without really saying anything. It was […]
Note: Some of my closest friends are elementary teachers. This is not an attack on elementary school teachers. There is nothing I am writing that I would not say to my teacher friends. Elementary teachers are pretty intense, demanding, and freak out pretty easily. Within the first 4 days of school, they frequently over react […]
Sometimes, I feel like I am being viewed as a special project because I experienced a “snap”. Family members look at me differently these days (divorce and a mental breakdown will do that) and often ask if I’m okay. Not okay as in ” how are you” but as in “are you going to go […]
Two weeks in my new place of employment & position and I’ve agreed to transfer to another building to be part of a team that provides therapy in my clinical specialty. It was my choice to make this change. It wasn’t because I didn’t like my current position, but because I have an opportunity to […]
My entire life has changed within the last six weeks. If you’ve been reading my blog regularly for the last 9 months, you will know that I’ve been living in my own version of Hell. I fell from professional grace, suffered the worst depressive episode of my life (and lived to tell about it), separated, […]
I have always been open about my struggles with Depression and OCD. It has bothered many friends and family when I “put it out there” for all the world to see. I don’t care. It’s an invisible disability and it came pretty close to killing me. The death of Robin Williams touches my core. It […]
I’ve always been a “daddy’s girl” and for most of my life, I saw my dad as one of the world’s greatest superheroes. As a young child, I believed I had the coolest dad. A dad who read to me, taught me how to roller skate, introduced me to jazz, let me have a sip […]
When you live in a small town, you can’t help but to run into people you know, especially former coworkers. I don’t know why I am always surprised seeing their reaction when they see me for the first time. Running into someone typically goes like this: “Andi!” We hug each other and say hello. “You […]
I’ve been writing some really sappy deep shit for several weeks. I don’t know about you, but I can only take so much. Let’s look at some positives that have occurred recently. 1. Cute and curvy. I dislike the word cute, but don’t argue the term with a Dominant man. You will not win. The […]
Stumbling Down the Path 