From The Basement: First Love
Posted by Anonymous. I tried to dial the number to the clinic, phone in my hand, frozen by the burden of choice. It’s for the best, my friend told me. We can’t do this, we’re not ready. This from the father, though my mind shied away from words like father and baby. Did I know [...]
From The Basement: A Letter To Myself
Posted by Connie. To Me, present and future… I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to write this blog, but I can’t figure it out, so if it sounds more like a rant and less like well-composed intelligent thought, that’s why. In my life, I have always had a problem. What is that [...]
From The Basement: To My Mother
Posted by Anonymous. Let’s face it- you were absent for most, if not all, of my childhood. Yes Mom, I realize you were always there, in the house. Always there, drinking out of glass bottles, because “drinking out of cans is low class.” Always there, locked in your room, smoking marijuana because it helped you [...]
From The Basement: So Mom Is Dying And You Are Not
Posted by Anonymous. My mother is dying. Slowly, but perceptibly. Fading out, like a blurry xerox, her features sinking inward and melting toward one another. And for the 9 months this has been happening, I have wished it were you, Daddy. Continue reading this post at the Basement…
From The Basement: I’m Blowing It
Posted by Anonymous. I’m blowing it. My life. I’m blowing my life. It’s always was been about being comfortable. Well, I’m not comfortable anymore. I am exhausted. He is exhausting. When I get home from a long day of work, he wants me to unpack or clean up or hang things. I want to lay [...]
From The Basement: A Life In Tatters
Posted by Anonymous. We’ve been together for over 14 years, we own our own flat, we have two beautiful, wonderful little girls and the world’s best cat. We’ve had our ups and downs, and yes, 2009 will certainly go down as one of the all time crap years… money is tight, so tight it’s suffocating [...]
From The Basement: How Did I Get Here?
Posted by Anonymous. Growing up, success came fairly easily. Mostly ‘A’ report cards, co-Captain of the Pom Squad, Scholarship to college. Even college continued mostly along that line — even the bumps in the road could be overcome with a little extra work. But ever since then it’s been downhill… Continue reading this post at [...]
From The Basement: A Good Mother
Posted by Anonymous. I thought I was a good mother. But I recently found out that the very thing I did to protect my child put her in harm’s way. Princess Petunia is the much wanted, long awaited, only child of parents who endured several pregnancy losses, were told they would never have a biological [...]
From The Basement: Hook, Line And Sinker
Posted by Anonymous. Preamble: I met someone, fell hard for him, and then found out he had lied about being married. They hadn’t been divorced for 5 years – they had actually just celebrated their 10-year anniversary. Here is the email I sent him after I found out… Read the rest of this post over [...]
From The Basement: A Haunting
Posted by Anonymous. The past week really has been a hell of sorts. It hasn’t been terrible, but once again I feel – I have no better word – haunted. It’s not anything supernatural or spiritual in the sense of the undead hanging out with me at random times. It’s more of a heart-haunt and [...]
