Dear America, I cannot with you anymore. I am hopeless and hapless, and that was before I learned twenty people were killed with a gun today at an elementary school in Texas. Eighteen of them…
Posts tagged sad
Bragging & Belly Aching
Hi Darling Ones, In 2012, after I found my biological father’s obituary, Sister #3 introduced me to the concept of ambiguous loss. This the kind of loss that’s not clearly defined by a dead body,…
The COVID Diaries: Save Me, Ferris
Oh Darling Ones, I’m not doing well. I’m inconsolably sad and I can’t shake it. I’m doing all the things to shake sadness: slept 12 hours, ate my favorite comfort foods (eggs & hashbrowns), started…
The COVID Diaries: Sad Balloons
I am sad today. Last year when her daughter was struggling with mental health, BFK explained the irrational behavior to me. “She has all these thoughts and emotions floating around in her like balloons,” BFK…
The Particular Smell of Yellow Cake
I made a yellow cake for CSA Supperclub tonight. It’s a cake out of a box and I’m kind of afraid it didn’t rise properly. I cannot remember the last time I made a cake…