Wendy Abbiati:  

2015 - I've put off updating this info. as it has been a difficult year. Some years and moments are just hard, no matter how old you might be. I had a suicide in my family in September. Even though I am a mental health professional, this certainly stopped me in my tracks. Maybe I'll get around to writing some poetry. Still working in mental health at the same job. Life is so strange sometimes, and I hate sadness...it takes my breath away. Too much stress this year and I blew a hole in my eye which resulted in surgury...at least I got good drugs and the white of my eye was completely blood red for Halloween. Wonder if that means I'm not seeing things clearly enough. Hope all is well with anyone reading this profile. 2013 - Single again and liking it. Working in mental health since graduating from college (undergraduate). Writing some poetry every now and then. Had some published. My fame being published with Allen Ginsberg in a small obscure magazine out on the east coast. Went to college on an athletic scholarship (2 sports/basketball + softball). Good thing as college would have been too boring without playing sports. Will play softball this summer with my clients. Still magic with the ball flying into the glove and the sun beating down on bare skin. Although I don't feel as young these days. I went to grad school after working in the field for about 7 years. Continued working while going to grad school. Got a MSS (Master of Social Science) from CU at Denver. Still seems like I have more questions than answers, that philosophical/metaphysical bent. So in a lot of ways I'm still the same. Maybe a little wiser. The key word is a "little". Working a lot (12 hour days) in a facility for adults with mental illness. Gave up management so that I could work directly with clients again (which is my passion). Have been working in mental health since 1979. 27 of those years at one agency. Nov. 2013 Time is flying by, how come nobody told us it would be th...Expand for more