Fat

“Would you like something to eat?” Bettie asked me as soon as the wind carried the storm back out to sea. “What do you have?” “I hope you like fat.” I did not like fat. Bettie went through a tube of real butter each week.  Deep fried chicken nuggets to turkey. “Can I have some […]

Swat

I went home and I packed. I packed way more than I needed to, yet, since I didn’t know where I was going or for how long, over-packing seemed quite normal. I climbed backed into the van. This van was one of those big metal vans. Not a cute crossover, but a big van with […]

Work in Progress

I am not sure if a storyteller, but I sit down and I keep trying. I decided I am not going to try and make this perfect, (i.e. I am sure I will find all sorts of little mistakes tomorrow. I will fix then). And writing, as well as everything in life, is a work […]

Happy National Coming Out Day

I am going to try something here. It may work or it may not. My attempt is to tell my story in bits and pieces. Perhaps like several short stories or chapters. I don’t truly know yet. What I do know is something can be learned. I am biased and this is from my perspective, […]

Adult-Child in me

If you should ever need to go to a hospital, go to a Children’s Hospital if you can.  I have not written in a while because of many changes in my life. I am back. Today was my first appointment at Children’s Hospital in Boston, my home anchor. I think everyone should be able to […]