52 Weeks of Fear – Week 1/Part 1(Parade of Fears)
My in-laws just returned from a vacation to Papua New Guinea. Before leaving they casually mentioned a band of marauders called “The Rascals” who roam PNG raping locals and visitors alike. My in-laws...
View ArticleWeek 1 of 52: PASS!
I did not poop my pants either at, going to, or coming home from the parade! (If this is out of context for you, consider reading part one. Or just leave it a mystery). More than 3.5 million people...
View ArticleDumb Ways to Die
In case you need something to daydream about…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw Thanks to my son for the heads up! Tagged: anxiety, funny, hypochondria, phobias, social anxiety
View ArticleWeek 2/3 and an announcement
Last week I decided that if I really want change I was going to have to go out and club it over the head. After all, most things are outside of ones home. So I challenged myself to join a gym. A gym...
View ArticleYak Back
We live at a prestigious military academy (I won’t name it but it rhymes with Mest Moint). The cadets, all brass buttons and buckles scurry over the grounds like the handsome, serious, well educated...
View ArticleHow to Fake Being Normal – A Reluctant Travels Guide to feeling better right...
1. Hey! Here’s some great news! You’re going to live. Yay you! Frightening as it is, anxiety is just your body’s way of burning off energy that it couldn’t get rid of in a healthier way. 2.You’re...
View ArticleBurlington Coat Factory…
…when you absolutely have to have something sort of like what you wanted. But in leopard.
View ArticleShelter in Place
Nothing makes me feel like I am trapped inside my home like being trapped inside my home. Fourteen inches of snow are creeping up my front stairs like a raising creek. The military post I live on is...
View ArticleI Rarely Die
There was a time in my late teens when walking two blocks to the gas station to buy a candy bar required inner dialog so inspiring even Martin Luther King Jr. would have told me to dial it back. But...
View ArticleAn Exciting Development!
The first draft of my memoir “The Reluctant Travels of an Agoraphobic Hypochondriac: An Adoption Story” will soon make it to the editor. Then my proposals and query letters will be sent in search of an...
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