Watch Out for the Flames–A Poem
Watch out! Sometimes, you can follow the people you love into the flames. What to do once you know you’re getting burned? Touch the handle first. It’s hot. I’m gonna…
Anxiety Is a Fly: A Poem
By Christie Craven ‘Let’s discuss the shoulds, the maybes, the coulds, the pluses!’ –Anxiety Anxiety is a fly, but it’s also so much worse,It infiltrates your mind almost like a…
Grief: Songs that Make You Feel Things
It turns out that songs can make you feel things. “Well, I’ve been ‘fraid of changin’ ’cause I built my life around you” strikes me every time I hear it….
Bullies: Turns Out They Don’t Just Show Up on Playgrounds
My husband calls me a bully. If you are someone who knows me, this may come as quite a shock. When I see a friend in need, I am one…
Grief: It Persists and Insists, but So Can You
There are days when I feel like I have to keep my suffering–my grief– to myself. But soon thereafter, I realize that I’m not being a hero. I’m actually stuffing…
Fear in the Driver’s Seat
The other day, I was doing my daily five-minute meditation with my husband at night. The mediator for our meditation asked us to picture ourselves in a car with fear…