How Your Emotions are Hidden in Physical Pain and Dis-ease
You’ve had a stressful day at work. You come home feeling tense in the shoulders. Your muscles have tightened up and you end up with what is...
“Real” Poly, Part 2: What it means to be polyamorous
One of the questions that seems to come up repeatedly is, “Am I really poly?”
Or, “I guess I’m poly.”
Or even, “Is that poly?”
And if that’s not enough,...
Divorce Sucks. . . And it’s Awesome
Divorce sucks. I moved here and took a non-ideal job so that she could be closer to her parents. What was I rewarded with? Getting cheated on....
You Like Me, You Really Like Me
Throughout my life I have noticed that there are certain men who literally have a twinkle in their eye. The twinkle also seems to come with a...
fabrication
many nights i’ve spent
throwing my wishes at the sky
hoping against hope that
a star would hear my cries
my mind is
housing illogical imaginings
dreams of you by my...
I Fell in Love with a Murderer
I am healing. These deep wounds of mine keep coming to the surface. I have slept with a murderer. I was in a relationship with him for...
My Father’s Daughter: A Job Description
by Pamela Denchfield
Because the child does not have the power to withhold consent, she does not have the power to grant it.--Judith Lewis HermanThe bridge out of...
How To Help Someone With PTSD
How to help someone with PTSD - By Haven Strange
Post Traumatic Stress can affect your mind and body for years after an event. It is not limited...
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Nearly Weeping Outside
“…And I should love you the more because I mangled you
And because you were no longer beautiful
To anyone but me.”
-The Love Song of St....
The Road Trip-and the Question-That Changed My Life
I was in my final year of university and semester break started. It had been a rather arduous stretch in which we had to...
Relationship Wellness, A checklist For Individuals, Dating, and Married Couples
This is a Sponsored post for which we have been financially compensated for. Our sponsored post section is not written by our team and...
Riders on the Storm: on the Thruway During a Tornado
It was supposed to be a romantic adventure during the Thanksgiving holiday, our first weekend away as a new couple. At the time, he...
Cross-Country Seeking: Road Trips Can Test a Friendship—and Bring Family Closer
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My dad and I shared road trips—some forty years apart. This is what happened.
In the summer of 1976, our nation’s Bicentennial, my buddy Colt...
October Call for Submissions
Fall is creeping up on us, and "creepy" might be a fun prompt for the spooky month of October. Have you ever had an...
Go Slow Over the Rough Parts
The world's first recorded road trip took place in Germany in the summer of 1888 when Bertha Benz, the wife of Karl Benz, traveled 60 miles...
Shredded Tires and Gas Station Gourmet
The open road uncoils before us like a black vein stretching towards eternity, carrying us to the sublime destinations we dream about.
The best trips...
Go West, Young Woman: Getting Away
The summer of 1996 seems far removed from the world I know today – the Internet in its infancy, Seinfeld gearing up for its...
