Coming Next
Choosing happiness and my personal mental health journey
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Tomorrow would have been my father’s 57th birthday. We lost him like so many others in 2020, unsure whether he fell victim to COVID or underlying health issues exacerbated by COVID, but does it really matter? He’s still gone. I… more ›
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Dinner time is a production at our house. It begins around 4 pm, an hour before food is served. The vultures circle their master warily, not wanting to anger their benevolent goddess before dinner arrives. They wait, they watch, sometimes… more ›
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We’ve all been there, the helpless cog in the giant machine of today’s working world. Whether in a retail, restaurant, or office environment, all my working worlds have held their similarities. We all have our horror stories, our tragedies, our… more ›
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Is it really the second week of the new year already? This year is flying by and I don’t feel like I’ve accomplished as much as I would’ve liked, a frequent feeling that reminds me I need to give myself… more ›
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It is the beginning of the end of my thirties. I am officially 39 years old, and next year’s birthday brings with it a new digit at the start of my age. I feel like I should be wiser at… more ›
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Four years. It’s been four years since I’ve written on this blog. I’ve still been writing, still dealing with life’s challenges as they present themselves, but most of my writing has been restricted to work projects or personal journals never… more ›
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I dreamt about you last night. We both knew it was a dream. We even said so. But you held me close while I cried, and I swear it felt more real than I deserved after so long missing you.… more ›
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Why did I think it would be a good idea to make 2020 my first year trying Inktober? On top of my usual National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November, I’ve been quite the busy girl. Not something I’d intended… more ›
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2020. I don’t even know where to begin. I wish I could say I kept quiet to make room for voices with more important messages to spread. I wanted to. But I also see a lot of voices spreading fear… more ›
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