Tag: death

A childhood belief betrayed: the day my life changed forever

A childhood belief betrayed: the day my life changed forever
Once a month Chicagonow gives us a subject that we can write about. We have an hour and I haven’t done it in a very long time. Tonight’s subject, “write about something you believed as a child or in your youth that turned out not to be true”. I had to participate. In 1965, I... Read more »
By Teppi Jacobsen,
November 30, 2016 at 10:06 pm • 

On being an adult orphan: closing a chapter in my life

It’s been a rough couple of weeks. My father passed away. We buried him on the 5th. We emptied his apartment yesterday. Worst thing ever. And now, I face the grim reality that I am an orphan. I don’t care that I am fifty six years old, I just know that I now have no... Read more »
By Teppi Jacobsen,
August 18, 2014 at 4:35 pm • 

Imagine: Wanting to live life through rose colored glasses

Imagine: Wanting to live life through rose colored glasses
Yesterday I hit a low for me. A discussion regarding feminism was going on and I disagreed with some of it. Typically I am non confrontational however, yesterday I was just a bonafide bitch. I said things that any other time I would have slapped my own self for. After awhile I started to feel... Read more »
By Teppi Jacobsen,
December 19, 2012 at 2:22 pm • 
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