Category: Life
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Small Tasks
I wrote today. I got out of bed.I ate breakfast.I handled business.I watched, listened, and learned.It wasn’t in a perfect order but I did those things. I did a thing I said I wanted to do even though it didn’t end the way I wanted.I still did it.And I have to appreciate that.And I have to…
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I Wanted to Call
I posted that picture not to say life is grand and that I have no problems, but to remind myself there is good, too. To try, when at my very depths I am struggling, to say, “I can reach the good, too.” I’ve been here, there, and everywhere. The Covid blues in a bronze of…
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Sobriety, White Supremacy, and the Power of Recovery
CW: Mentions of anti-Black behavior; violence; racism; white supremacy. I cannot, in good conscience, write about anything else right now. I cannot write without addressing what is currently taking place in the United States and around the world—what has been happening in the world for centuries. I can’t. I can’t write about anything else without…
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This is hard.
There’s so much I want to do right now and I’m having a hard time finding the time to do it with the little time I do have. And I know that’s a limiting belief–not enough time. Because I know that I will make time for the things that are really important to me. So…
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On Accessing Life
This is the greatest dance I’ll ever dance. I’m 34. I’m a mother, a teacher, a sober person. An aunt, a friend. I’m educated but under-schooled. A breakout and a recluse. All I really know is me and I’m still learning.
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A Sober Birthday
I remember we were sitting in an Eat’n Park booth. He asked if I was happy. I squirmed a little in my seat. This was just a friend and we were catching up over coffee. We were already accustomed to asking the hard questions and diving deep, but I still felt embarrassed to be honest,…