Tag: acceptance
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new digs
Almost completely moved in to the new place (did I mention I’m moved/moving?). There are boxes everywhere and lots of things need to be done, but I’m damn tired and doing my best. Which is all you can do, right? 2017 drained my energy and I’m running on empty. The internet trolls, the hypocrites, the…
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Over the last two weeks my inflammation flared and I’m exhausted. Dealing with pain doesn’t make for the best birthday but I’m not letting it consume me. I was able to get a few projects done this month, in spite of myself. Planted, painted, reorganized, started reading a new book. Sometimes during a flare up…
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let the rain fall
It’s been a very stormy day, I woke up to thunder and heavy rain and was glad. I like it when the weather matches my mood. Sometimes it seems like we’re rushed through our sadness or, worse, encouraged to ignore it altogether. Isn’t it better, though, to recognize our sadness for what it is? Sadness…
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love and let live
Cried all weekend, let the furry children have the run of the house and even sleep in the bed with me. Paralyzed by anxiety and anguish for the loss and crushing grief that grips so many after the violence of this past week; the lives shattered. My eyes are swollen and they burn, a painful…
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hard and soft
A few weeks ago I traveled to New York to visit my parents. They live waaaaaaaay up north, so far north that my cell phone bounced off Canadian cell towers. I spent nine days with my parents which sounds like a lot of time but it’s not really, because it wasn’t a vacation. My dad…
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are you a fixer?
I’m not an advice giver. Most of the time I’m just trying to figure out my own stuff and feel like I’m not qualified to tell someone else how to live their life. If someone actually asks me for advice I will try to help. But, am I a “fixer”? No, not really, only in…