It was a big family gathering. Each year, our extended family would meet at a ski resort for rest and relaxation. There were always laughs and cheers since most of us lived far apart and we rarely got to see each other except for the holidays. I still lived with my mom while I went … Read more
“Another,” I slurred while raising my hand to attract the barman’s attention. “Ma’am, don’t you think you’ve had enough?” He asked with concern in his voice as he took away the empty glass that was in front of me. I gave him a withering look. “I’m old enough to know when I’ve had enough but … Read more
Standing by the door, Kayla watched in silence as her mother paced angrily back and forth across the hotel room, gripping the telephone handset so tightly that her knuckles were turning white. “Now listen you, I made these reservations weeks ago, I paid for a room with two beds, and that’s exactly what I want!” … Read more
“I want to know everything, every little dirty secret he has and every dirty little deed that he’s done!” “Calm down honey, let me get my computer and you can tell me what has gotten you so riled up about Adam.” “Your computer, IT’S all on HIS computer, what can you do now that he’s home, the sneaky little … Read more
Erratic steering told its own story: a puncture. Thirty miles from home, late on a chill night after a business dinner as unproductive as it had been boring. When I called the breakdown service they were sympathetic to the plight of a woman alone but said the best they could predict was forty-five minutes. It … Read more
“You need help,” I hear the voice of the one who has been torturing me for what seems like forever standing at the top of the stairs wearing the little black robe that I now know doesn’t have anything underneath it. Either I’m going to finally make my move or I’ll just live the rest … Read more
It was the day before Christmas and our Biker Club met to choose and divide into groups of three to make a run to visit several needy single ladies with children and present each of them and their children with some beautifully wrapped presents. This was our biggest charity event of the year and besides … Read more
This is a story about my relationship with my mother, the problems she was experiencing, how I thought to resolve those problems, and what happened in the end. I should start by explaining that although I loved my Mother very much, she was not an easy person to live with. She exhibited all kinds of … Read more
This is a history based on events far enough in the past that I can look back with some objectivity, and thus the notion of history rather than a more current, journalistic account. I am recounting them now at the suggestion of my therapist, who I was seeing for other issues related to anxiety. But … Read more
This is a story about my relationship with my mother, the problems she was experiencing, how I thought to resolve those problems, and what happened in the end. I should start by explaining that although I loved my Mother very much, she was not an easy person to live with. She exhibited all kinds of … Read more
Sex my downfall Fifty-four years old, I should have had more sense — the monthly bleeds stopped and three months later I stopped taking the pill, after all after menopause I did not need contraception. Sex has always been a big part of my life, at school I collected boys cherries, at sixteen I was … Read more
Chapter 1 – Sex and My Boyfriend ==================== I’ll never have another summer like this one! I was eighteen and feeling so grown up now that I was about to enter college. As excited as I was to be a freshman, without question the biggest day of the entire summer, maybe even the biggest day … Read more