Nichole Perkins – Love Stories

Originally posted on Tenx9 Nashville Storytelling:
Enjoy reading this story from Nichole Perkin’s at February’s Tenx9 Nashville, a story of falling in love with romance novels.  ? MuhDeah, my great-grandmother, was a domestic worker, and as such, her employers would often give her things they no longer wanted but thought she’d be grateful to have.…

To Admit You Suck At Something Should Elicit Compassionate Instruction (especially in bed)

Everyone wants to be good in bed. Kind of like a “sense of humor,” it seems everyone assumes they are funny…unitl they are not. If we suck in bed, it is likely we have no idea. Some incredibly intelligent people still don’t know what to do with a clitoris. Some very confident women don’t tell […]

I Love You, But I Hate Your Boyfriend

I want to reblog this for one BIG reason. I was this girl. Everyone hated him. But thankfully, I didn’t entirely leave my friends…and they didn’t entirely leave me. This type of pairing isn’t just a recipe for diseaster in general, it is also a recipe for an abusive relationship. Hang on to your friend. […]

Why the bad boy? Always with the bad boy, but why?

I sort of went overboard to learn this lesson. What helped me figure it out? Writing mostly. Also, Brenda Kahn’s song, “She’s In Love.” It goes, “She’s in love with the boy she’s always wanted to be.” Here’s the thing…at some point I had to become who I always wanted to be…and then came a […]

Is This Love? #Poem

From Doug Stump: Is this Love? How do you know you are really in love? Is the question I was asked. Could it not be infatuation, or lust, Some lesser feeling that should pass? Love is everlasting, melted, then cast. Feelings grow and feelings fade, But true love – impermeable over time. Unlike lust, which […]