Tag: The abysss

• The Woman in the Wallpaper, Part Two

    Today’s post is a continuation of an essay written as a university assignment. Every detail is true, except for the name change of my then fiancé, known here as Frank.   The Woman in the Wallpaper––Part Two Months later, while roaming the aisles of Target Stores, I note a young boy of about 14 […]

  spoon13

  July 21, 2018

  Burn Surviors, Catastrophic Experience, firstfridays, Lifelines, Personal, Self Awareness, Two-faced, Uncategorized, What is normal?

  bloggingfundamentals, cracked pots, Crash and Burn, Flashbacks, Intropections, Personal, Rants, Self-imposed prisons, Shame, Surviving Burns, The abysss, The Struggle is Real

• The Woman in the Wallpaper–Part One

  I am posting this autobiographical essay in parts because the original essay was written as such. I wrote this in response to a course requirement in the Advanced Composition course at Simpson University. Every detail, even the seemingly miniscule, is true to the best of my recollection. The exception is the name change of my […]

  spoon13

  July 15, 2018

  blogging fundamentals, Burn Surviors, Catastrophic Experience, Death, Epic Fail, firstfridays, Lifelines, near death experiences, Personal, Uncategorized

  bloggingfundamentals, cracked pots, Crash and Burn, Death, Flashbacks, Intropections, Personal, PTSD, Saturday Mornings, Shame, Surviving Burns, The abysss, The Struggle is Real

• Quiet on the Blogging Front: The Happy Soul

    I’m back after a hiatus full of funk, junk and many deliveries to the local transfer station, formerly referred to as THE DUMP in childhood days.       We mark our days by events. Having surpassed the 19th anniversary of the worst day of my life, I’ve been in a funk, a funk […]

  spoon13

  July 12, 2018

  blogging fundamentals, Catastrophic Experience, firstfridays, Lifelines, Personal, Self Awareness, Uncategorized

  bloggingfundamentals, Emancipation, Flashbacks, Intropections, Junk Collector, Murphy’s Law, Personal, Rants, Self-imposed prisons, Surviving Burns, The abysss

• The Abyss

  Dear Jaydan, Your mother prepared a wonderful tribute to her beloved son: I ‘ve enclosed a note to you–– You didn’t know how much you would be missed. You didn’t know of our unfailing love for you. Your mother, your father, Your brothers and your sisters, Your Gram and many others, too. This abyss. Every […]

  spoon13

  June 24, 2018

  blogging fundamentals, Catastrophic Experience, Death, firstfridays, On the Loss of a Grandchild, Personal, Teen Suicide, Uncategorized

  bloggingfundamentals, Death, Intropections, Our Departed Beloved, Personal, Teen Suicide, The abysss