September 18, 2023 Two years ago yesterday, I received by HSV-2 diagnosis. I thought about it in the days leading up to the 17th, then it passed me right by. Why did I forget? Mostly because genital herpes is a nuisance skin condition and nothing more. It won’t kill me…

Christian Ethics Exam September 17, 2023 According to our primary text (Lovin), Ethics is the method by which we make decisions in line with having “a good life”. What constitutes a good life is different for everyone but is largely shaped by our culture and our early experiences. Christian Ethics…

February 23, 2021 What strikes me about an affair, not the person you’re having the affair with so much, but the actual affair, is that it becomes the center of your existence. It’s everything you think of, it’s everything you exalt about everything else in your life. You may very…

January 9, 2021 Jeff was the first person I ever sent naked pictures to. And then I was blocked. I broke through the block and told him I was blocked. “Did you let anyone use your phone?” I asked. “Yeeeessss. My daughter.” “Well you better talk to her. …

September 11, 2023 I was, for so long, for most of my life, so patient. If people crossed boundaries, I’d let them. Then in the last few years, I’d tell them. Then I’d give them another chance. And another, sometimes years and years of chances. …

Before I realized how very sick I am with bipolar, I honestly believed the things I was experiencing were unique to me. I read self-help books that reinforced the notion I was simply undisciplined. That all I had to do was develop healthy habits and everything would fall into place…

September 8, 2023 I found this in my drafts. It’s time to post it. Yesterday, it became untenable to remain in communication with David. He was always generous about my spiritual leanings, but since I began seminary and have stepped up my spiritual practices, he’s not been kind. Our different…

September 8, 2023 It happened again. I walk into a restaurant. Alone. Because why the fuck shouldn’t I? The host asks, “Just one?” I grit my teeth and squeeze out a “yes”. After I’m seated, the server walks up to my table. “Are you alone?” she asks. I look at…

September 11, 2018 I remember 9/11 as if it were yesterday. I was driving to work and I went through Wendy’s drive-through to grab breakfast. The people at the drive-through were acting odd, and I thought I heard a broadcast in the background. I asked what was going on and…