Through blogging and public speaking, I hope to inspire others to face life's obstacles with humor and perspective. To learn more, visit: www.comfortableinmythickskin.com
I’m willing to bet most of my readers have never heard of Sharon Monsky. Until a few years ago, neither had I. Yet, it was Sharon Monsky’s legacy that led… Read more All I Can Taste is This Moment and Other Lessons From the Goo Goo Dolls →
Comfortable in My “Daughter of a Bipolar Father” Skin My beloved High School theatre teacher, Mr. Johnson, taught me about breaking proscenium. Essentially, the proscenium is an imaginary screen that separates actors on stage from the audience. Mr. Johnson was hell-bent that no one in his cast would ever break proscenium. That meant during dress rehearsals and performances, no one left for the night without removing their stage makeup and costume, went to the cafeteria to buy a Coke, or did anything that would shatter the illusion the proscenium created.… Read more Breaking Proscenium and Airing Out My Dirty Laundry For The World to Read →
Yikes and Jinkies! June is Scleroderma Awareness Month and I have fallen off the blogging wagon! For those of you losing sleep over this, rest assured, I will be getting… Read more Oh Crap! It’s Mid-June and I Haven’t Posted About Scleroderma Awareness Month →
On Mother’s Day, and every day, appreciate the gift of motherhood…..Cherish the moments you spend with your children…..In the blink of an eye, they’ll be leaving for college…. I’m always… Read more I Nearly Died After Childbirth, But That Doesn’t Mean I Have to Cherish Every “Precious” Moment of Motherhood →
Hello loyal readers. My latest piece, I Was Tormented By Hallucinations During a 218-Day Hospital Stay is up on Good Housekeeping. I am not at all trying to make light of… Read more The Good Times Keep Rolling With My Psychotic Break From Reality →
Yesterday, I had a deeply personal article featured on Good Housekeeping. I almost never generate the titles for my pieces that are published outside of this blog. This was the… Read more My Life Doesn’t Suck….Seriously! →
I had my first piece published last week on Brain, Child. Full disclosure, it has nothing to do with scleroderma. It’s a lighthearted piece I wrote just for shiggles! I… Read more Nothing Makes Me Feel Better About My Parenting Flaws Then Remembering My Mom’s →
I normally leave my disclaimers for the end, but when stepping into a minefield, I prefer to disclose all my caveats first. #1- I am not overly political, nor am… Read more Can Compassion Trump Cruelty In the 2016 Election? →
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