My meditation track today: Let Yourself Feel JoyBreathe in until your lungs are fullThen let it all out With Love, Natalie
April 21, 2024
Content Warning: Discussion of self-harm & suicial ideation I was thinking about my April 21 this morning: that feeling of being fourteen and untested in […]
Nephew
My baby brotherHas a babyHolds him skin-to-skinIn the pictureAnd my world fills up again Because there was everything that was wrongAnd then there is this:My […]
A Real Snow Day
If only every Saturday were like this one. Sleeping nine, nearly ten hours. I wonder if my body has rested, truly, in months, and now […]
Counters
2023 was many wild things, but it was also the year I started updating my condo a little further past its 1979 aesthetic. Today was […]
King Bed
The King: fandom-themed All seventy-six inches Of what I deserve With Love,Natalie
The Rainbow
A passage from the “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast with Oprah that brought me to my knees today, pulled from the episode transcript: Oprah: […]
PechaKucha, Round 2
It’s been nearly two years since I did my Miraculous Ladybug PechaKucha, and today I presented two new PechaKucha’s for a Pride-themed event at work. […]
Like Stars
There’s a box on my mantel that says, “Good friends are like stars, you don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” I […]
31
Thirty-oneI begin the year unchartedMy head above the wavesBut I am off the map once moreI’ve never been much for swimmingI like when the water […]