Stewie was the life of the party. My baby whom I lost early on Christmas Eve 2025. A brown dappled miniature dachshund who stole my heart & will always be in it forever.

• ​I am reclaiming my creative soul, working on a book of my writings & poetry, figuring out how to move forward while reconciling the past. Sharing some of my recent & not so recent poems & ideas. How a relationship since 2017 has been difficult but yet still beautiful in many ways as it brought out my creative soul. Healing is a process. Am healing & moving forward.

1985 was a pivotal year & on August 2, 2025 was reminded of events from that year. The story starts with that year. A song that stays in my mind forever. And several broken men in my life through the years including one that has nearly broken me in the process. But I still hold onto hope & strength.

Correction an event I indicated late in the episode in 1997 was Thanksgiving Week 2017.