Tag: self-care
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I Got There
You know that friend who’s struggling to figure something out and she just can’t see the way?! But, you-being on the outside-can see how obvious it is?! You want to just push her there, but you can’t. Because you know she needs to figure it out for herself…
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In the Shadows of a Label
So often when I question myself, the world, the status quo, I find myself in a similar process. Almost always it follows a pattern of: Ask the Questions. Meet my Fears. Be Courageous. And yet, so often I am amazed when two seemingly disparate things share so many of the same qualities. That’s what prompted…
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My Story (Sobriety)
Ever since I wrote the piece below, I’ve always thought of it as my sobriety story, but the truth is, it’s probably a bit more of my drinking story. When I started this website I had words bubbling inside of me. They needed a place go. Since then, I’ve always had the intention of properly…
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I don’t know, but I know this.
I don’t know if this is the right thing or the wrong thing, but this is the thing for me. “This is right for me.”
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I need to keep writing.
I need to keep writing because I just read a post from a year ago that perfectly described, and eerily anticipated, how I am feeling now, a year later. Only I wasn’t talking about me, I was talking about others. And yet here I am 365 days later needing those words I so preciously gave…
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Potty Training in a Pandemic, Part 2
Isolation atop Isolation After our not-so-stellar start, and the hard-slam of perfectionism, we regrouped. I paused, I wrote. My husband and I got back on the same page. We talked about our feelings and we made a new plan moving forward. We realized that starting a big, all-consuming endeavor like potty training twins is not…