The blind kid tilted his head toward the couple. “I wasn’t blind at all. I saw everything. Aesop stepped forward, her eyes blazing. “And you know my name isn’t Aesop. My name is (Continuing from the preview…) And with each second, a chorus of voices, once filled with amusement and love for the adorned couple, now laced with venom, echoed …
Continue ReadingRecently, something reminded me of an old proverb, where a woman named Aesop, who had just lost a very important part of her life, got a weird vibe about someone else in her tribe and decided to test her loyalty. She gave the woman with the weird vibe and her husband, two well-known business owners in their community, a safe …
Continue ReadingDo you know what betrayal trauma does to someone’s brain? What about betrayal trauma compounded by more betrayal trauma? Is betrayal trauma something that you want to be a part of in someone’s life? I was diagosed with Chronic PTSD in November 2024, first from personal events in my family, which have finally been ironed out, but only from the …
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I’m going through one of the toughest times in my life. My partner suddenly ended our relationship on 9/11 and moved out the next week. I was left shocked, stunned, heartbroken, my vision in life was rocked to the core. While I do know the real reason that this happened, it is their truth to walk and to tell and …
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Wednesday morning started out like any other. I did my hair, makeup, picked out some cute clothes to wear for the day and then went into my dream gig, The Morning Mayhem Radio Show on 99.1 Mike FM. A few minutes after I walked in, Justin McClure, owner of JAM Broadcasting walked in and threw two boxes of Paqui One …
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When I first learned about core values in 2019 and why they are so important, I had no idea just how important they would become for me. This morning I went through and rewrote my core values. These are me, 100%, and anyone who knows me knows this to be a fact. These are not supposed to be a wish …
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One question that comes up sometimes is what it’s like being a transgender parent of 5 children and “How have they taken the changes?” Before I started transitioning, my wife, Rae, and I had many conversations about how we would go about telling them and there were many fears about how they would react. We watched countless videos about how …
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Back in January of this year, I was terrified. There was an impending doom that was not just following me, but completely embodying me and encompassing me everywhere that I went. I was in a heavy, murky fog with very limited vision, but I had faith and a great circle of people around me carrying me through one of the …
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As I sit here on my couch nursing a knee injury from last week, I can’t wait to hit the streets on my bicycle again. I bought my first bike since I was a teenager back in the summer of 2021. It’s a heavy, fat-tire Mongoose bike with a very uncomfortable seat but it looks cool and will ride over …
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I’m probably going to cry several times writing this, because I know there are a LOT of people out there who will never get to experience completely living their truth like I get to every day and I’m so grateful. To anyone out there who is afraid of expressing their true identity, whatever that may be, I get it. I …
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