#florida

When I was five years old my mom took me out of school for a week so we could go down to Florida to stay with her best friend. During this time her friend would take us to all sorts of local attractions, including Busch Gardens, the now defunct Cypress Gardens, Circus World (also defunct),…

According to news and weather reports, it is looking very much like a large part of central Florida, including the Tampa Bay, will be hit by a category four or five hurricane. Luckily with this sort of impending disaster people usually have time to escape the area, should they choose to do so. Ho...

The other day today I spoke to my mom and we were discussing a trip we both made to Florida a long time ago, to visit with a family friend. That trip was made when I was five years old, and that was also the time I first went to Disney World. We were there…

Then there is the question of “why” with regards to this one bridge I've never seen in real life. Yes I did know some of its history when the dreams began. Specifically the accidental ship strike decades ago and the deaths that resulted from that incident. But the Skyway is far from the only brid...

I wonder what will happen once the new bridge is completed a few years from now. Strangely enough the state is expecting that at least some people will need to cross it but will be too afraid to do so. Apparently officials have asked the business that now drives the fearful across the Bay Bridge&...

My anxiety has been worse lately, and I think it mostly stems from my job. I'm really unhappy on my current team. I'm just not fulfilled, and I'm constantly worried about making mistakes. My regular anxiety medicine doesn't seem to be helping anymore. So, I've decided to try medical cannabis. I w...

This spring break my friends and I traveled to Santa Rosa, Florida. It was actually my first time here. There were 18 of us staying in an airbnb just steps away from the beach. We enjoyed going into town and relaxing in the white sand. The water was still relatively cold as it was mid…

  On the verge of losing the only thing I had pride in, my job, I decided Heroin had taken a toll on me and contorted my life enough to reach out for help. I had been lying to everyone around me, saying I was in recovery, and had an addiction to the maintenance drug,…