

My Hair Has Never Once Listened to Me (And I'm Done Pretending Otherwise)
My hair is coarse. My hair is textured. My hair is, frankly, sovereign. It has its own zip code, its own weather system, its own opinions…
Melinda Lloyd
10 hours ago3 min read


Hot Flashes & Hot Messes: A Survival Story: Perimenopause, Postpartum, and a Toddler with a Strong Arm
I’m not sure what’s bothering me more these days: the unwelcome hot flashes, my strong-willed toddler, or the fact that my brain seems to have either…broken entirely or hit its maximum storage capacity and is now politely declining any new information. Like, “Sorry ma’am, memory full. Please delete unnecessary files.” Cool. Which files? My sanity? My will to fold laundry? My ability to finish a single task? Because those seem to be the first to go. If someone had told me ten
jessbuy916
2 days ago3 min read


Between Now and Hope
Poems for my third book. ********************************* Where Warmth Still Lives ********************************* Beneath the glow of city light, Where shadows stretch through restless night there walk the souls we seldom see, yet bound to us, as we should be No lesser hearts, no dimmer flame, each one a life, each one a name with weathered hands and tired eyes, and quiet dreams beneath these skies A story rests in every face, Of love once known, of some lost place Of lau
April Gough
2 days ago4 min read









