First Father’s Day Alone
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 still miss him terribly amidst the many reminders that he’s no longer here, like his birthday. I still wish I could feel his warm embrace just one more time.…
Feline Family
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 they meow as if they haven’t eaten in days. When the magic hour of almost 5 pm strikes, the moment they see me head towards the kitchen becomes the…
Corporate Fuckery
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 lamentations, our shared work traumas. Today I’ll share my most recent encounter with the misguided ideals of corporate America. Buckle up, my friend. This one may take us down…
Hello 2025
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 some grace as well. No one times the wave on her way to the shore; she gets there when she gets there. I’ve been drafting a post that’s taking…
The Beginning of the End (of My Thirties)
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 this point, ready to embrace my inner strengths and distribute wisdom to those around me. Every day I’m still finding out so much about myself and the world, it’s…
The Long Absence
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 meant for eyes other than my own, and even I don’t peruse the thoughts of yesterday as frequently as I should. A LOT has happened in four years. I…
12-12-2020
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. I cried because it felt so good to be in your arms, even if it was only a dream. You cried because you didn’t want to leave me alone:…
Inktober and NaNoWriMo 2020
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 with all going on for me, but I needed it more than I thought. Sometimes we need a distraction. Drawing and writing require two different kinds of creativity for…
2020: Not What We Expected
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 and hate and doubt, and I have been sorely unprepared to deal with all the crap 2020 brought with it. Fires. Murders. Protests. Global fucking pandemic. The 2020 bingo…
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