Author Archives: Susan Rushing

I write. I do. I am not, by any means fabulous at it. I am a grammatical nightmare, a fat, slippery fingered typist and an ignorant editor. However, I keep doing it.  People keep asking me when the books are coming out. I have two in the making. One on living through Suicide and whatContinue reading “Pen Names, Mind Games and Small Blames”

ok…yes, I know that I haven’t even logged on to say Happy New Year yet. (it’s already been one of those years) So, let me start this thing out by wishing a happy, prosperous, wonder filled,sensual, playful, worry free, big loving, hot monkey playing and all around cosmically fabulous 2012 for you and everyone elseContinue reading “A New Year of Fits and Starts…and FINALLY getting what you want.”

Sometimes I think that we should come with some sort of id badge. You know, something physical that we could pull out every now and again to read and remember who we are. I do preach to people all the time that they should write a positive affirmation of self identity to read in frontContinue reading “Keeping it Real”

Q:How many times can a mother’s heart break before it shatters into  a million pieces? A: Put your big girl panties on, it won’t shatter, it just gets bigger until it bursts with pride.   I don’t talk about her publicly. That is mostly because I don’t have permission to run her business round town.Continue reading “Mother Love”

I wasn’t going to write about this. I wasn’t. But I feel like I need to, because a lot of people who I know and love have been in the habit of making people feel less than important and unloved and unwanted. Maybe they know they do it, like a mean girl in high school….butContinue reading “The Importance of Being Important”

I hate to say “hate”. I do, really I do. but I am gonna say that Atlanta traffic makes me go there. Holy Crapasaurus Rex, y’all. I have never in my whole life seen such anger and language and SIGN language (of the inappropriate variety) in all of my driving days! The anger is reallyContinue reading “Honk Honk..honk that horn”

Good LORD, you all! When the Universe makes changes and has plans, you had best clear your calendars and make some space. It is happening whether you are ready for it or NOT! Last weekend and the beginning of this week have been a whirlwind. I will tell you that there are about three blogsContinue reading “I was walking down the street and the Universe hit me with a truck…”

Gosh…it was so easy on the playground. Friends were the ones that you played with. You got mad at them sometimes, but usually you made up and it was all good. Sometimes you got a little weepy, maybe a little violent…maybe you even ratted them out. It all worked out. Somewhere the dynamics changed. SomehowContinue reading “Defining Relationships…it’s so easy a five year old can do it.”