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Oops
I wrote a post sometime around March 22, 2013 and posted it, feeling good about my stinging rhetoric advocating against a particular group with whose position I disagree. A week later, I decided on stigma about mental health as my … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health - Commentary and Recovery
The Cat Cafe
You have not lived until you have been to a cat café. I visited one in Seoul in February 2013, on a trip to Korea to visit my daughter, who was teaching English there. While the concept originated in Taiwan … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
And They Say There Are No Good Men Left…
If you can’t find me one day, I may be far back in the mountains, having been so fortunate as to have been “chosen” by the internet suitor whose self-description is below. As far as chasing squirrels naked through the … Continue reading
Posted in Dating as a 50+ Year Old
Wife for a Day
My life is the most unusual thing. I spent four days last week being married again and raising my kids in the old family home. I had gone for a quick one day visit to see my sixteen year old … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce
New Book Excerpt: It’s Only Pain
I have started a new book! Exciting, yes, but also frustrating. I don’t have the time or the reservoir of anger that fueled Southern Vapors. I suppose not being so angry is a good thing, but I miss the burn. … Continue reading
Posted in New Projects and Writing Endeavors
Divorce, Suzy Marmalade Style: Part II
One stumbling block for me all along with my divorce was jealousy of my ex-husband, that he “got” my two disaffected children in the divorce instead of me, as if they were a lamp or a sofa. This time, it … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Divorce, Suzy Marmalade Style: Part I
I have been scheduled to write an article about divorce for a long time and for a long time I have studiously avoided it. It’s a painful topic for me. But what better time than the aftermath of the holiday … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce, The Rejected Parent in a Divorce
On The Subject of Too Much Cheer
On a topic completely unrelated to mental health but high on the list of heartburn producing activities in our culture: Can people please stop using exclamation points in every other sentence? Especially in a business context, this is ridiculous. You … Continue reading
Posted in Further Adventures of Suzy Marmalade
The Disappointed Expectations of Baby Boomers
I used to think that I was unbearably unique. No one understood me because there was no one like me; I was a rara avis of the first order. Later I came to understand that I was the quintessential Baby … Continue reading
Lynn’s TEDx Emory Talk – April 20, 2013
I have had mental health issues for most of my life and have been “in therapy” for 30 years. I checked myself into three different mental institutions between 2000 and 2010. In those 30 years, I heard a lot of … Continue reading →