Daisy Friday

By Joy Lynn Clark January 20, 2022 When I was in kindergarten mom started having problems with my stepdad. At the time she was pregnant with my sister she decided to drive all the way to California. It was a pretty fun trip but our VW seemed to break down in every state along the way. We’d visit the mechanic and then somehow make it to our motel room and spend the night. Eventually we got to San Francisco. I thought that all of the steep hills were amazing. It was cool going up and down. Once we got to my aunts apartment that was on a hill, I could…

By Joy Lynn Clark January 12, 2022 Just before I headed to State University I’ll head couple of goals. One was to brush up on my math skills (I hadn’t done any of this math and 20 years and I didn’t want to play catch-up learning things new). The other was to lose weight. My meds let me put it on fast and I was not comfortable in my clothes. I had just put my record out online and I hate it all of my photos. I looked well, fat. I knew that I was better off adding my photo to the cover but none of them looked right. At…

By Joy Lynn Clark January 10, 2022 After I had my baby boy I settle down quickly. I had a live-in guy for a couple of years and then we broke up. I was back in treatment because I was getting sick again and I was making some of the best music of my life. I quit everything – Meat, pot, and cigarettes. In reality, the mest was because I really wanted to lose weight. The pot and the cigarettes were mainly for financial reasons. And Chicago cigarette prices have risen an extra three dollars a pack and I just refuse to Pay that much. Also, I didn’t like buying…