This week's sporkful

My second depressive episode came about nine years after the first one. If I had to guess, I would also say it lasted about nine times longe...

One thing I noticed this time is that I had a lot more songs to listen to. It is not necessarily that the bands got better -- though there w...

For all of the sadness that is coming up in future posts, it is going to be on the path of healing. I want to pull one more thing each out o...

I will now cover specifics reiterating that I was already mostly formed, but did get reinforcement during my period of emerging adulthood. S...

I mentioned in an earlier post wondering about the time period between 18 years old (the cut off for Adverse Childhood Experiences) and 25 y...

Let's give dissociation a hand. Yes, you should be hearing that to the tune of Deniece Williams. Dissociation is a broad term for a brea...

In 2015, at least 170 of the daily songs were by Black women, plus one agender person. It started because people kept mentioning various Bla...

I have mentioned some frustration with writing about my experiences when I was 6 and 14 and 17, because they were so familiar. That has not ...

Coming home from a mission is an adjustment. For eighteen months, I was always with at least one companion, and all I did was church stuff. ...

From yesterday's post, yes, I think I picked up some of my comfort with nonconformity on my mission.  I'm not even that wild -- most...

Disclaimer: This is going to be the most overtly religious of these posts. I am religious.  If it sometimes seems like I am not, that may be...

The first 100 bands -- especially with all the concerts -- was exhilarating. The second 100 was more about continuing strong. Concerts playe...

I have had three episodes of depression in my life. This was the first one. Before that, once or twice a year everything that I was tamping ...

Despite some struggles, I think the first nine months of my mission really built me up, and then the second half kind of tore me down. There...

Going on my mission - even early on - really brought out my competence and caring for others. While doing my shopping for Christmas 1992, I ...

We have now reached the time where I talk about formative experiences while I was on my mission. I feel like I will need to start every post...

I am only giving one week to the Gin Blossoms, even though I gave two to The All-American Rejects. That is partly because of some of the oth...

"Louise, people in this country aren't interested in details. They don't even trust details. The only thing they trust is head...