Letting Go of the Remnants of a Dream…

In the summer of 2012, my then fiance brought his lawn care equipment and tool chest to my house to store in my garage. Having received a coveted fellowship at a major university, he closed up the house he’d been renting and moved to the central part of the...

The Power of a Healing Cocoon

My lavender eye bag atop my weighted blanket (author photo) I have slowly exited a personal hell… no other way to put it. Two weeks ago, when I sought a loving in-person conversation after asking for a couple months of the most serious and honest reflection of...