30-Day Challenge Day Thirteen: The Daily Ride

30 Day Writing Challenge Day Thirteen: Your Daily Commute Between work and ferrying my child to her various activities, I am on the road driving six days a week. In the fall, my daily commute consumed so much of my time that I refused to drive anywhere on Sundays. And though I was anxious when […]

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30-Day Writing Challenge Day Two: My Earliest Memory

30 Day Writing Challenge Day Two: Your Earliest Memory I can remember pieces of my life from ages two and three. However, my earliest complete memory is from a fall evening in 1984. At the time, my mother and I resided in Guam as she was in the Navy and received orders to report there. […]

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Just Like Music: “Back and Forth” 1994-Part I

The pessimism and moodiness that developed from being the child of an addict had settled into me by my thirteenth year. The Binge now seemed to be a permanent feature of life for my family. I reconciled myself to the fact that one day my mom wasn’t going to return after weeks of indulging her […]

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