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A Line in the Sand

My heart is at once mending and breaking and today I am hopeful and extremely afraid. Black Lives Matter. LGBTQ people should be able to love how they want. Trans … Continue reading A Line in the Sand

By Darrah Bird August 6, 2020August 6, 2020

What it’s like to have Covid 19: Day 4

Welcome to living with Covid-19 Recap: -Discernible symptoms began Sunday August 2nd with a sudden unexplainable loss of taste and smell. -My husband and I both tested positive and received … Continue reading What it’s like to have Covid 19: Day 4

By Darrah Bird August 5, 2020

What it’s like to have Covid 19: Days 1, 2, 3

Hi there, I’m a social worker located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On Sunday August 2nd, my husband and I were tested for Coronavirus/Covid-19, and we now know we are positive for … Continue reading What it’s like to have Covid 19: Days 1, 2, 3

By Darrah Bird March 15, 2020March 15, 2020

COVID-19 and Making Decisions or Why I’m Not Going to Church Tomorrow

There are things I can help and things I can’t. Despite my anxiety I dug myself deep in to the reputable news and the research today, determined to have a … Continue reading COVID-19 and Making Decisions or Why I’m Not Going to Church Tomorrow

By Darrah Bird January 1, 2020January 1, 2020

Absolving Your Doubt

By Darrah Bird April 5, 2019

Anxiety

There is nothing lost on her singing wind who leaps from whispers to wails, she’s got nothing to lose Do not hold me too closely she says mood swings–she promises … Continue reading Anxiety

By Darrah Bird April 2, 2019April 2, 2019

Kindergarden: Mothering and Letting Go

Parenting is skinning your knees a thousand times a day. Before it even stops throbbing the wound is ripped open again, ragged flesh meeting unforgiving pavement. It’s not a superficial … Continue reading Kindergarden: Mothering and Letting Go

By Darrah Bird October 28, 2018October 28, 2018

It Happened Here. Again. Shooting in my Hometown.

Tick. Tick. Tick. The turn signal taps in concert with the muffled drops of rain while I wait for a steady stream of cars to pass. It’s afternoon, en-route to … Continue reading It Happened Here. Again. Shooting in my Hometown.

By Darrah Bird August 4, 2018August 5, 2018

Unfinished.

When I had just fallen over the edge of 15, a therapist with a mustache to rival The Kentucky Colonel sat me down in his office and diagnosed me with ADHD and unspecified depressive disorder.

By Darrah Bird July 29, 2018

The Rape of Bathsheba: The Sin of Standing on the Sidelines, II Samuel 11: 1-15

Link to Audio: The Good News 7/29/2018 11 In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel … Continue reading The Rape of Bathsheba: The Sin of Standing on the Sidelines, II Samuel 11: 1-15

By Darrah Bird February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

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