Recently, I had the honor of having a short story I wrote called Tinnitus featured on one of my favorite podcasts, Creepy! I’m going to be providing you with a link here, […]
Halloween Spooky Story – Tinnitus
The Three People You Need in Your Squad When You’re Diagnosed with a Difficult Illness
Since it’s Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month, I thought I’d talk more about my own experiences and how I have gathered the strength to keep going since my diagnosis. Most of the time, I feel some hidden strength rise up and push me forward, but some days, I wonder why I’m bothering to fight. That’s when I need to turn to the people who keep me strong.If I’ve learned one thing from all this, it’s that you need people like these in your corner:
10 Ways My Life has Changed Since I was Diagnosed with a Primary Immune Deficiency
A WordPress Editor’s Pick, February 25th 2019 1. People don’t invite me places anymore. A lot of my friends were worried about me during my diagnosis journey. I got invited to lunches […]
I Told You I Was Sick
Back in August, I went to a rheumatologist for the first time. Constant lower back pain and early arthritis due to a knee surgery had made me suspect I might have inherited […]
A Rose By Any Other Name Would Smell as Nasty
I’ve been a nasty woman since before I was even born. When my bleeding-heart liberal, over-educated parents discovered that they were going to spawn a little girl, they decided to give her […]
A Young Lesbian’s Letter to Her Mother After the Orlando Massacre
Like many of us in the wake of the Orlando massacre, my daughter, a former patron and fan of the club, has been reeling and weeping. Her fear and sorrow only escalated when […]
Keep the Pulse
by Delaney Rose A couple of years ago, when I was 23, I lived in Orlando for a year. I was mostly holed up in my apartment studying for my graduate degree or playing video […]
Jack-O-Rotten
When I lived up north and was running from monsters under my bed instead of bingeing on old B horror movies, I still loved getting piles of candy on Halloween. I loved the […]
Get away from my mom!
by Delaney Rose (Lisa Lanser Rose’s Daughter) My mom ventured out into the world of online dating when I was a teenager. She designed a profile to attract only the most desirable […]
