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Anniversary of a Completed Marriage
Funny, how just last week I had an impulse to go to Pizza Hut. Not many of you know I used to work at Pizza Hut when it was a…
The Kitchen Table
It is the Fall of 1985, and I'm ripening with my first child. As my husband and I set up our first apartment in Aurora, Colorado on his Air Force…
Where Am I?
12-26-23 Tuesday, 3am Reheating sweet potatoes. My acupuncturist brew in a mug, a spoon erupts. My Christmas Log Cabin quilt wall hanging. The pink dress I made for Ma-Ma &…
What Actually Happens in the Counseling Space
On Sunday morning, August 28, 2022, there was a prompt in a group to which I belong on Facebook.It is called "The Back Row With Nik Oakes. The meme she…
My First Career
"Not everybody knows this-I don't talk about it much-is my first career.You may know me as a Counselor,Organizer, Mentor, Psychotherapist.Author, Poet, Course Creator.But, what you may not knowIs,I was first…
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I Delight In Growth – A Poem
I delight in growth the bud on a tree the leaf on a plant the kitten napping And, the work I experience happening. With clients every day the kind of…
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My Version of “Mental Health”
@Poetry719 prompt on IG May 17 2021 Mental Health is when you feel ultimately yourself. You’re clear what you’re feeling and you take steps to meet your needs and wants,…