Next Saturday will be a whole new year. It'll probably take me 'til March to stop writing 2021. 😉 I don't celebrate New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. They don't feel like, "holidays" to me, not in the traditional sense of the word, and I realized yesterday that they never have. Do you feel … Continue reading Final Caturday of 2021

It Is The Apathetic Person

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“It is the apathetic person that sees the cause while the charitable person sees the need.” ―Shannon L. Alder

Eleven Years Ago

2018-12-232018-12-24 Miss Poison December, In Memory, My Father, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing December 23rd, Difficult Times, Emotional Pain, Emotions, Holidays, Honesty, In Memory, Musings, Observations, Poison In Lethal Doses, Thoughts, Writing

I buried my father eleven years ago today. It is the exact day; a cold Sunday that seemed to go on forever. When a funeral home employee pulled me aside that day and asked me to identify the body, I tried holding my brother back, in an attempt to shield him from what I'd just … Continue reading Eleven Years Ago

Holiday Migraine Management: Accepting the Limits of Family & Friends

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Holiday Weeks

2015-03-29 Miss Poison Chronic Pain, Family, Fibromyalgia, Friends, Judaism, Life, Musings, Pain, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Stress, Thoughts, Work, Writing Easter, Holidays, Honesty, Musings, Passover, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

It's no secret: I'm fucking exhausted. Fibromyalgia, migraines, and two hundred truckloads of stress are slowly trying to kill me. Every day, I wonder if a heart attack or a stroke will take me out. I wish I were being dramatic, but I'm not. I would really like to curl up on the floor like a … Continue reading Holiday Weeks

There Are Days

2014-12-09 Miss Poison Family, Friends, Friendship, Honesty, Musings, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Relationships, The Holiday Season, Unfiltered, Writing Cooking, Exhaustion, Fibromyalgia, Holidays, Musings, Poison In Lethal Doses, Stress, Writing

There are days, weeks, months even, when I have absolutely nothing to say. It doesn't mean I've shut down or that the thoughts and ideas in my head have stopped, it simply means I've got nothing to say. Sometimes it's very individualized. I have friends I speak with regularly that I do not tire of, … Continue reading There Are Days

Retailers Should Really Be Ashamed Of Themselves

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Retailers Should Really Be Ashamed Of Themselves October hadn’t even ended and the few stores I walked into were full of Christmas trees, decorations, candy, and “special, early shopper prices”. I hate this time of year. I don’t do Christmas. You will not find green & red anywhere in my home and you most certainly … Continue reading Retailers Should Really Be Ashamed Of Themselves