Sasee Magazine

When my orthopedic surgeon told me to lose one hundred pounds, his words sent me into a state of panic. Joint problems had reduced my mobility, and now I faced the requisite hip replacement. I trusted this doctor, so when he told me without the surgery I would soon be unable to walk, I believed [...]

Life’s a roller coaster. Is the best part the anticipation during the long slow climb, the first heart-stopping drop, the middle twists and turns or the smooth glide into home port? As a child growing up in poverty in rural South Carolina, I dreamed of a day without bill collectors, eviction notices and auto repossessions; [...]

Recently, I gave myself the perfect party in honor of the twentieth anniversary of my divorce. Being a southerner and coming from a family of stand-by-your-man-’til-he-finds-someone-new women, I wasn’t sure my divorce anniversary party would be in good taste, but I decided to indulge myself anyway. I sat down to make a guest list. Hummm…I [...]

In my younger adult days, I never wanted to be alone. For me, solitude was synonymous with loneliness. Back then being with friends, family and even strangers nourished me, gave me a sense of worth, or as Abraham Maslow labeled it: a sense of belonging. Smack in the middle of his Hierarchy of Needs theory; [...]

Today, we face tough situations and accept them as a way of life. We live and work under stressful conditions in which worry and insomnia are constant companions. Some of us lose our jobs, creating more stress and worry, which lead to health issues, which lead to more stress and worry. And the cycle goes [...]

Dread describes my feelings on the day of my daughter’s wedding rehearsal seventeen years ago. I admit, dread is an unusual feeling for the mother of the bride, but this night I would see my former Hubby for the first time since our divorce. I would also meet the New Wife. I’d heard she was [...]

I am the poster child for chaos when it comes to organizing anything from my closets to my calendar, but I wasn’t always this way. When I had a family to care for, everything in my home had a place, and I never forgot anything. Back then life was hectic, but I stayed on top [...]

January seems the logical time for new beginnings. I suppose that’s the reason we make resolutions on New Year’s Day instead of on Halloween. I’ve given up on resolutions because each year my new beginning quickly turns into a discouraging ending and leaves me feeling like a loser. I use the term loosely because my [...]

Earning a college degree increased my confidence more than any other single life experience. At age forty-five, I decided to go to college. My two daughters were in college, I was newly divorced, and wanderlust struck, so I applied to the University of South Carolina in Columbia, my hometown, and ran home to my mother. [...]

In hindsight, I recognize many milestones in my life, but at the time they were happening, I viewed each event as a natural progression through life – high school graduation, marriage, childbirth, my daughters’ graduations and their weddings. However, when I decided to divorce my husband of twenty-five years, I knew this was not a [...]