Author Archives: DMW
The Best Omaha Visit Yet!
Last week I was worried about our upcoming visit to Omaha. We were doing a long weekend (Friday-Monday) and it should have been the smoothest trip ever. For starters we had been planning the trip for awhile so everything in … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Halloween, home, Personal, Relationships, travel
Tagged "best friends", "road trip", change of plans, comedy of errors, Dog, dog travel, grandma, missed connections, Nebraska, not according to plan, pets, siblings, sister, Vala's Pumpkin Patch, visit
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Back To Nebraska: A Not-So-Funny Comedy Of Errors (Already)
We’re gearing up for another trip to Nebraska next weekend. It will be our last one for awhile. Part of me is excited and another part of me is, as usual, pretty anxious. For the first time since moving to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, home, Personal, Relationships, travel
Tagged "best friends", "road trip", brother, change of plans, comedy of errors, Dog, dog travel, exhausted, grandma, missed connections, Nebraska, not according to plan, pets, siblings, Vala's Pumpkin Patch, visit
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I Am So Hungry
I am so hungry. Repeat this one million times. I am so hungry. I don’t get to eat because of a test I’m having on Tuesday. I had to stop on Saturday. Normally people won’t have to stop but because … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, food, Health, home, Journal, Medical, Thoughts
Tagged fasting, food, Gastroparesis, hangry, hungry, medical test
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Like A Satellite…
Monday I wrote a blog post with the intention of putting it up yesterday. That didn’t happen. It was finished, and I thought it was good-to-go. I figured it was personal, but it wasn’t like a piece I would send … Continue reading
Posted in "mental health", Family, Health, Journal, Personal, Relationships, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged coping, depression, misunderstanding, PTSD, suicide, unintended consequnce
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My Life is a Bathroom Issue
Last Thursday I had an essay published in The Dallas Morning News about what it’s like to appear female and use the Men’s restroom. When talking about this “issue” so rarely do people seem to consider what happens when a … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Current Events, Equality, Journal, LGBT, Opinion, Politics, Thoughts
Tagged bathroom, bathroom bill, bathroom issue, Dallas Morning News, gender, Gender Identity, gender nonconforming, transgender
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