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 […]
Tunnels
Emotions are a tunnelYou need to move all the way throughIt’s hopeful, because there’s a promise impliedThere will be an end, another sideBut tunnels still […]
A day that feels like recovery
Today, a day that feels like recovery. A step in the right direction after more than a week of uncertainty, decline, and stasis. A day […]
April 21, 2020
Every year I celebrate April 21st as an unofficial self-care/celebration of life/me day. For a full origin story, here’s the post I wrote last year. […]
Leap Day
It’s Leap Day today, that bonus day we get every four years, and the first one for me where I celebrate a bittersweet anniversary. The […]
The Cure For The Pain
Listening to the Mental Wealth & Wellness podcast last weekend, I wrote down this sentence: The cure for the pain is the pain. Jenna’s guest, […]
An Ongoing Lesson
I’ve been having a hard time fully recovering after being sick earlier the week which came on the heels of my emotional exhaustion after finishing […]
A Brief and Emphatic Nod to the Music of Frozen II
Very minor spoilers for Frozen II ahead. It’s no secret I like children’s movies and musicals and I really like most children’s movies that are […]
Rest
I rediscovered this year how good I feel running, especially when I begin my day with it. I’ve come to depend on that shot of […]
10 Miles
I ran the Austin Run for the Water 10 Mile race today! I haven’t run this kind of distance since I was twenty and I’ve […]