Confessions

Act Your Age.. Top Story - October 2026.

In life we all age. That does not mean that we have to let our brains take us where biology say's we should go. Age is but a number!

Mirror, Mirror: You Liar!. Top Story - October 2026.

At fifty-eight, I have more years behind me than ahead. That fear grips me sometimes, maybe more times than I care to admit. Midlife crisis aside, I find myself trying to hold on to something I can’t quite put my fingers on. I don’t look my age at all—a genetic blessing from the Italian heritage I am fortunate to have—but I look in the mirror and see the years of my life written on my face in wrinkle font. I don’t see them on my face, not that I have none. I see the wrinkles in my soul. Everyone has them.

Good People. Top Story - September 2026.

They both consider themselves good people. Emotionally intelligent. Moving through life with intention, making sensible choices. Kind, generous, empathetic. So how do they reconcile this indiscretion? She’s married. He’s not. But there’s a third person who is an unwitting party who stands to lose the most. What of the empathy for him? Where is it?

The Undertow. Top Story - September 2026.

I remember distinctly getting caught in the under tow when I was little. I want to say that I was around six years old and it was at the ocean. Growing up in CT we often got up early on saturday mornings and would all go off to one ocean or another. I had heard of the under tow, even my absent minded parents warned us like all other children were warned.

MEETING MEL. Top Story - September 2026.

"I think laughing keeps you healthy and happy." __ Mel Brooks

To the Things They Don't Tell You. Top Story - September 2026. Content Warning.

Reader’s Note: This talks about birthing, mentions of miscarriage, mentions of blood, and postpartum anxiety. Read at your own risk. Do not walk with me if you can’t.

I'm Not Nice . Top Story - August 2026.

I remember the first time a man threatened me with violence because I hurt his ego. I was thirteen or so. One of my aunts, a sweet soul, had divorced her husband and gradually taken a new one. He was nice at first, charming. Most of the family bought it, at first. Gradually the layers of his smile peeled back until we all saw his rotten core. And, us children, we saw it first.

To the Version of Me Who Stayed. Top Story - August 2026. Content Warning.

Reader’s Note: There will be brief mentions of physical and emotional abuse. Not in graphic detail, but it is there. Walk carefully, friends.

Red Flag Rage

OUR FALL WAS SCARY

An Autopsy of a Sleepless Night

The first decision, again and again

When I Was Young ......

I Wait

The best flight I've ever had

Act Your Age.. Top Story - October 2026.