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Love From the Cheap Seats

Love From the Cheap Seats

By Anita Helm, February 13, 2023   Somehow every year the designated love date takes on this unrealistic and emotionally careless ranking with men and women.  I had a lover...

Love From the Cheap Seats

By Anita Helm, February 13, 2023   Somehow every year the designated love date takes on this unrealistic and emotionally careless ranking with men and women.  I had a lover...

 Lightening Bug in the Stratosphere

 Lightening Bug in the Stratosphere

If everything in life was so easy to describe, we humans would need no new words for the dictionary. During the course of my grief journey, the path has not...

 Lightening Bug in the Stratosphere

If everything in life was so easy to describe, we humans would need no new words for the dictionary. During the course of my grief journey, the path has not...

The Flinch - My Personal Body Image Struggle

The Flinch - My Personal Body Image Struggle

The Flinch- My Personal Body Image Struggle by Anita Helm in Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness  After showering at the gym, I had an opportunity to walk into the dressing...

The Flinch - My Personal Body Image Struggle

The Flinch- My Personal Body Image Struggle by Anita Helm in Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness  After showering at the gym, I had an opportunity to walk into the dressing...

The Final Down - William "Aka" Bill Helm

The Final Down - William "Aka" Bill Helm

To The MacArthur Class of ’76 High School Reunion   Bill Helm was much more than the collage of snapshots in a frame on the memorial table. The young, athletic...

The Final Down - William "Aka" Bill Helm

To The MacArthur Class of ’76 High School Reunion   Bill Helm was much more than the collage of snapshots in a frame on the memorial table. The young, athletic...

An Embrace for My Fellow Widows and Widowers

An Embrace for My Fellow Widows and Widowers

I rarely use the words,  “I know how you feel.” Especially in grief, because no grief is the same for anyone. I know what I feel and how I’ve felt. ...

An Embrace for My Fellow Widows and Widowers

I rarely use the words,  “I know how you feel.” Especially in grief, because no grief is the same for anyone. I know what I feel and how I’ve felt. ...

Another Bridge

Another Bridge

The day after: I was so late to learn about the recent shooting in Highland Park, IL. So infrequently do I allow myself a break. I tuned out the news,...

Another Bridge

The day after: I was so late to learn about the recent shooting in Highland Park, IL. So infrequently do I allow myself a break. I tuned out the news,...