Girl on the Brink: Surviving Desperate Times with Desperate Measures

Day 228 — Add Forgiveness to Your Gift List

Even when life is bad, it soon chirps along like a spring-born sparrow. While the bad part of our lives don’t change at the core, we somehow manage to hone the surface to make them look okay; sometimes even great. Used car dealers are good at this. They can take a damaged car, even when structural integrity [...]

Day 227 — F2F Communication

Were you ever filled with so much mirth and laughter that you just wanted to get it on right then and there? But then something stopped you that broke the mood. One of you had to go to the bathroom. Your girlfriend said she was on her period. She didn’t tell you she was really a man. [...]

Day 226 — Holiday Ho Hos

At the office Christmas party, the men who secretly lust for you are going to come onto you. Despite the no-nos of holiday office parties, they will take advantage of the mistletoe and alcohol to gather their courage and hit on you, guaranteed. This is a phenomenon that occurs frequently in nature. There is nothing you can do [...]

Day 225 — Seeking Stability

Is there any title lower than “temp?” I have two feet planted firmly in midair these days because everywhere I go I am a temp. Everything in my life is provisional and uncertain. Whatever comes next is unknown, and there is just so much chaos a girl can stand before her sanity deteriorates. I have no idea [...]

Day 224 — So There

As you know, my ex and I live together. I’m not proud of that, but however difficult it has been (unbearable, at times), it has allowed our two kids to remain in the house through very tough times for both of us. And we have no car. The family Volvo was totaled while parked on a [...]