Category: Coping

  • TMS #96

    October 9, 2018 When the Cheese Dip Fairy (CDF) comes to visit, uninvited, at 10:57 pm on a school night, it’s time to start writing. The Notorious CDF typically only intrudes about once or twice per year, and those times are usually fairly predictable. This time, it was a straight-up home invasion – unexpected, aggressive,…

  • Prisoner of Indifference, pt. deux

    Sometimes, it is difficult to not lapse into a victim mentality. Sometimes, it is difficult not to overflow with resentment. Sometimes, it is difficult to find the positive in an extremely negative situation. Sometimes, it is overwhelming to look at the sum of a finite set of experiences and not question, “why try?” Sometimes, I…