I didn’t have any ruby slippers since I only played the Wicked Witch of the West in our 8th grade rendition of the Wizard of Oz. So, I tapped the heels of my Birkenstocks three times while reciting the famous lines “there’s no place like home” and before I knew it, I was home. Well, […]
As passionate person, I innately get pissed at a lot of things. My most recent upset was the Fox show, Red Band Society. After watching it —against my will, mind you — all I could say was, “oh, hellllll no.” I only watched it because I couldn’t find the remote to change it from Modern […]
You are lucky. I don’t know who you are, where you are or what you are doing at this moment. But let me tell you, you are lucky. This is not coming from a person so down on her luck she envies you. This is coming from a woman who has had one hell of […]
When I was first admitted to the hospital here in NY, I was terrified to be away from home. I was just sure I would be alone. My best friend had just gotten a job ten minutes from my home in DC and I knew if I stayed in the hospital there I could at least […]
This past weekend my lovely boyfriend, Cameron, came to visit and celebrate our one year anniversary. I think the nurses loved him more than I did. I saw them peeking through the curtains smiling at us while we ate our “candle lit” Mexican dinner. Every time he left the room, a giddy nurse would come […]
I will admit I was not excited to spend my 22nd birthday in the hospital. I thought Taylor Swift would be singing in the background while I ate breakfast at midnight and dressed up like a hipster in non-prescription glasses. But no. At midnight I was peeing out the last of my diuretic and falling […]
Bad Hearts & Fresh Starts 