My diary has been here since 2005. I have always used it to reflect and process. Writing has been the best therapist for me, though I have actually had some excellent therapists, as well. I took a 12-year break and recently began using it as a launch pad for writing a memoir.

Until 6/23/2019, I was OnionGirl. See entry of the same date for why the change.
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I’m Getting Married

May 16, 2023
I know.  I know.  We've been engaged for years.  It's not our fault that in the time since he proposed, my dad died, my fiancé was diagnosed with cancer, our landlord showed his true colors, we ended up homeless for almost a year, and I'm on oxygen pretty much 24/7, now.  Sexy, huh? I always…
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Recent Entries

  • Some Things Never Change
    April 18, 2023
    I know I've written here, before, about my parents' use of drugs and alcohol during my teenage years.  It was such a horrible time in my life that to this day, I still cannot be around people who are noticeably altered.  It puts me on edge, and I cannot relax. I have flashbacks to hearing…
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  • Painful Listen
    April 13, 2023
    This is my current audiobook listen.  I usually only listen to audiobooks in the car, and since I don't get out much, it took me a really long time to get through the last few - all part of the Rick Riordan Presents catalog Being middle grade fiction, these books under Riordan's imprint are gener...
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  • Today’s Dr. Phil, “Are Women Being Erased?” – Discussion?
    April 12, 2023
    I have tried to discuss this topic here before.  It's a delicate subject, and I do not want to hurt or diminish anyone else's life experience. Having said that, I have some opinions about this discussion.  Watch it and comment here, if you'd like to join me in this respectful and open conversatio...
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  • I Think I’ve Found My Patronus
    April 4, 2023
    I'm pretty sure my last entry was about my Dementors: the panic attacks I've had since I can remember.  I appreciate those of you who commented.  It's good to be understood. Later that evening, I took Opie for his last walk of the evening.  It was then that realized that I was struggling to breat...
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  • Dementors
    April 1, 2023
    When I was about 16 years old, I began to have what I now know are panic attacks.  Actually, I’d been having them my whole life, due to various trauma. At 16, however, I was deeply invested in a fundamentalist church youth group, whose leader was obsessed with rapture theology.  At the same time,...
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  • Accessible Christianity
    March 14, 2023
    Yesterday, I saw an article in the Catholic Herald celebrating the girls' altar ministry at a church in North Carolina.  The girls will be called "The Handmaidens of the Sacred Heart of Jesus."  This news was accompanied by a picture of a group of girls, all wearing lace head coverings. I heard a...
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  • Is it OK to Recycle a Love Poem?
    February 25, 2023
    A month or so back, Drew's brother had to have a toe amputated.  He's diabetic and doesn't take care of himself.  I was worried he'd be depressed, so I ended up writing him a series of limericks.  He absolutely loved them, and Drew couldn't stop bragging about how quickly I wrote each one. Not lo...
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  • Shameless
    January 18, 2023
    I had a nice conversation with my spirit daughter last night.  We talked about religion, patriarchy, and all the good stuff that mamas and daughters should talk about but often don't.  Fortunately, we are very like minded, so it was a good conversation. In our discussion, I brought up this statue...
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  • What Not to Say
    December 12, 2022
    My friend, T and I FaceTime, usually every Saturday morning. This weekend, I asked her if we could postpone, because I hadn’t slept well, and I’d been sneezing all night and had a sore throat. Tonight, I was feeling better, so I messaged her to see if she wanted to talk now. I have a…
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