My responses to Linda Ng’s prompts via JF Danskin and Cathylouise — Cathylouise was tagged by JF Danskin and in turn tagged me— thanks for the challenge, Cathy! My 10 Straightforward Answers to Ten Simple Questions My responses to Linda Ng’s prompts via JF Danskinmedium.com This article is by JF Danskin tagged via Linda Ng and The Sturg! 10 Answers to Ten Simple Questions My responses to the prompts from Linda Ngmedium.com

making a connection made all the difference — It’s been a long time since I’ve felt anything but yesterday there was a spark and I think that’s all it’s going to take to get the fire going. I’ve been numb for so long that I think I’ve forgotten how to feel. I guess I can’t really say that I’ve been completely numb because I’ve been feeling sadness, pain and hurt for a long time. But there’s been no joy, happiness or contentment lately. I can’t say that…

A Poetic Drabble

Mind thirst — I don’t think that I had a normal childhood, at least not from what I see around me, which isn’t much. But as a child, I didn’t know any different. I just thought that everyone lived with parents, two sisters and a brother. And rarely anyone else. Isolated as I…

One of my biggest regrets that involved a giraffe and a young man — When I was fairly young, enough to know better, as they say, I decided that I would collect giraffes. This came about when my sister and I were playing around, like sisters do, and I stuck my tongue out at her, like sisters do. She called me a giraffe and…

Editorship is like being hit by lightning! — Hit by Lightning! It was a dark stormy day with lots of creepy lightning and thunder. I was counting the seconds between flashes and booms, and they became WAY too close for comfort. All of a sudden, the pictures on the wall started to shake and all the electricity went off in the…

Inspired by Bicho’s smiling article — This article was inspired by Bicho, master humorist and all-around good guy. Flash Your Best Smile for Their Eyes and Contaminate the World Around You Flash Your Best Smile for Their Eyes and Contaminate the World Around You. Inspired by Josephine Crispin, Adelina…link.medium.com Did you read Bicho’s smiling article? Before you move on, please do. You may not be sorry that you did!

Lists of everything I’ve written on Medium which… —

“…fiction is the only thing that affects me deeply enough to touch my starving heart” — I AM Medium Fiction Writer: Kathy K I am currently a fiction writer for now and am interested in collaborating with other science fiction and fantasy writers I have been in love with fiction writing since high school. Creative writing was one of my favorite classes. I loved when Mrs…

Answering a challenge to test my readers with two truths and one lie — I’m about to tell you two truths and one lie about myself in this story. This is in response to a challenge by my friend Graham Cooke. Do You Really Know Me? Taunted, tested; discerning a lie amongst truths.medium.com My two truths and one lie — which do you think is the lie? Please leave a comment with your guess.

A poem about depression and hope — This is a poem about how depression can pull us down into the depths of despair with seemingly no way out. The process is slow and insidious, silently taking our minds and our hope. Baby crying, ignored, not held, not comforted One foot in quicksand undetectable, unnoticeable, irreversible Tugging, sinking…

It’s in my head — Heart heart where are you Feeling not only blue Hidden hidden deep within Buried in a mask of tin Head head, release my heart Taken captive by its smarts Head, spinning round and round Many many thoughts abound Heart heart come out of hiding Broken bruised and abiding Can’t find…

Dealing with Lifelong Mental Health Issues. — It didn’t occur to me that something was wrong with my mind, didn’t everyone think like I did? After all, I got through high school and even got a bachelor’s degree in something or other. Basic normal stuff. Nothing abnormal about any of that, don’t you agree?

17th day of May— Social anxiety disorder is one of the common phobias and I’ve had it all my life. — What are you afraid of? Some would say they’re not afraid of anything and others would say they’re afraid of everything. And some don’t really know what they’re afraid of! I’ll tell you what I’m afraid of and have been my entire life….fear of ‘being seen’ and ‘fear of rejection’…

A kiwi kiss on the mouth is the best first kiss — My poem is completely inspired and written because I read BichoDoMato’s story of his first kiss and how it involved a kiwi. His story is so well done that I will never forget some of it. Like that he used to be shy. And that he had a friend that…

12th day of May —being a physically and mentally challenged person might cause misperceptions and misunderstandings in observers. — I don’t know about you, but for me, physical Education, also known as P.E., was a requirement, not only in high school but also in college. In high school, there wasn’t a choice as to the activity. I remember unwillingly climbing ropes and clumsily practicing line dancing.

28th day of May —Neurodivergence is the term for people whose brains function differently in one or more ways than is considered standard or typical. — In my five previous articles on Mental Health, I introduced Henry H. Hobblestone. I’m sure you’ve guessed by now since you’re very sharp and intuitive, but I thought I’d let you know that Henry is me and I am Henry. So now that all is revealed, I’m going to leave…

Never entered my mind that I would someday become a writer, editor, and publication owner — Me and my Lucky. It’s been three months since my husband and I decided to go pick him up, he was 3 months young at the time. What a cute little ball of fur he was then! So cute and innocent, peeing and pooping all over the place, chewing on…

This is part of my story in pictures — the whole story can’t be told EACH OF THESE PHOTOS WERE A SPECIAL TIME OR MOMENT IN MY LIFE The picture above always brings sadness to my heart. This beautiful dog and cat were already in the household when I came…

I don’t know of anything that affects my emotions more than colors — I could stare at this picture of maple leaves for a long time without getting tired of it. Why? Because there are a lot of COLORS. I don’t know the proper or correct names for all the colors seen, but lavender, yellow, green, red, and tan stand out to me…