My dad

Today is a bad day. I am stay at home mom of three kids and married to my husband for eight years and we have one car. That one car has put me in a funk. My dad said that he "didn't raise damsels in distress." I have learned how to use my own two …

I am not ok

I am not ok. But I am ok with not being ok. I have learned to love that I am no ok. There are moment that I feel like the worst wife, mother, and daughter but I am told that I am great at each one of these subjects. I hear those paralyzing insecure words …

Security

I have a guilty pleasure of watching "Divorce Court" and the same common things come up and I just don't understand it. Now, I know that I have been out of the dating game for about 10 years but I have been around for a minute. Now when I started dating cell phones were starting …

marriage

Someone has approached me about my marriage and putting on a podcast about it. I have spoken to my husband and he and I are on the same page. Yes, doing a pod cast about life is something that I am interested in but something just about marriage that is something that is not an …

Fear

My name is Linda, Cecilia, Kristi, LaMoina, and Josephine. The blood that runs through my veins is female. Oh, big scary word, “Female.” I have Linda’s hands, Kristi’s smart mouth, Cecilia’s passion LaMoina’s mothering and when I can find Josephine’s patience, but my brain is all Maria. What is it about my voice, my mind …

He is my wind

  He is my wind. His arms are warm, strong, and not chaining me to the ground. I have freedom, I have movement, but our hearts strings are what keep me here. There are others in the room but there is no one but us in this crowded place. He is protection even if it …

What makes me Pro-Choice

I am going to tell a story that most people don't want to hear and not many have heard because we are as women and children not to. I am breaking that today. Keep in mind that this was not done to me but I was born into this world when no one should ever …

I need help

I need help. I look at myself and I see nothing. The voices that sing lyrics of self-doubt from something that I did when I was 19 keep me awake at night. You offer your hand and I meet with a hand shake. You tell a joke and I answer in a laugh. You laugh …

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