Divorced and single mother of two boys.
Writing is my biggest passion and I'd do it for a living if I could only find a way...but so far, all it's been is a hobby and hobbies just don't pay the bills.
For the last six years, I've been a real estate agent in
+ more bio informationI lay in my bed at two in the afternoon. The honeycomb blinds on the window were closed, but still letting in the full warmth and brightness of the afternoon sun. I didn't feel its warmth, and buried myself, fully clothed, in the blankets. I stared, at and through the calendar on the wall, trying to think of how many days it ... More..
After living with anxiety attacks for over twenty years, I know how unbelievably difficult they can be to control. Anxiety/Panic Disorder is different for everyone. I remember when I was first diagnosed with it, being frustrated by the books I was given and the treatments that were suggested by my doctor. So many of the cause... More..
This is Your Brain-This is Your Brain on WoWIt almost happened to me, and it's definitely happening to a friend of mine. World of Warcraft is videogame crack. I predict a national obsession and support groups and can actually picture the day I see an episode of "Intervention" featuring it. But it's a stupid videogame (you say... More..
I never thought I'd be in my 30s and trying to decide what to do with my life. Nothing turned out the way I expected it to. But looking back, I can see that having only a vague notion of success, but no real concrete plan to do anything in particular to make it happen, was definitely a factor that led to the predicament I'm i... More..
Real Estate Agents: The Fact & The FictionThe Fiction:(taken from an email written to me by a friend, totally without his knowledge or permission)Sorry to hear about the job stress, but I do have to ask you, are clients any different now than when you first started your job? I don't mean to be rude, and don't take this the wr... More..
We all handle stress in different ways, I take mine out on my hair.Once, years ago, a hairdresser told me that my hair is missing a follicle which apparently grows when you mature, and mine didn't. As a result, it is very fine and only wants to be super flat and takes tons of effort and sticky products to be made to do anythi... More..
Hair Therapy!Once, years ago, a hairdresser told me that my hair is missing a follicle which apparently grows when you mature, and mine didn't. As a result, it is very fine and only wants to be super flat and takes tons of effort and sticky products to be made to do anything stylish, which is so not helpful when trying to dis... More..
For someone who had always eaten anything and everything and thought that aerobics was a strange form of punishment that women inflicted upon themselves for daring to stray from perfection, it took me forever to even see that I had gotten really large. When I looked in the mirror, I didn't see what I had become. I saw what I ... More..
Haley Gray
Clackamas, Oregon US
Articles Written: 8