This morning got off to quite a rocky start. If you don’t know, my family (husband and 3 kids) share a house with my parents. It’s a big house, it’s a nice house, and there’s plenty of land surrounding it…but it’s just not big enough. My parents and I, mostly my dad, butt heads. A […]
Dear universe, and the people who live in it… Where are you? When I need you, too…where do you go? I know where I am when you need me…and it’s right there. I’m right there. If you need me, I’m here. When you need a shoulder, when you need advice…when you need support…I’m there. I’m
Well here we sit on this lovely-ish Thursday morning in Texas just waiting for the snow to fall. It’s unclear just how much snow vs. ice vs. rain/sleet we’ll actually get…all we know is there is a LOT of precipitation heading for us and the temps are right at 33° right now, and supposed to
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Last night was quite a different night than I feel like I’ve had in months. For the first time I think since literally September…I didn’t want to drink last night. I made one drink, drank it slower than usual, and just really had no desire for any more. So I didn’t have more. We went
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Dear depression, First of all, get the FUCK out of here. You’re nothing but a liar, a thief, and a critic. When you’re here, it doesn’t matter what else exists. What, you’re gonna tell me that my life isn’t worth it? That my life isn’t worth living? That I’m not worth fighting for? Bitch, get
While nightmares have always been a hugely unfortunate part of my sleeping journey, sometimes they are worse and more frequent than others. Lately, the nightmares have been consuming a large part of my mental space. And last night, they were worse than ever. In a good dreamed turned awful, my birth son was there. He
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Here way are, on the 3rd day of a brand new year. A year which, according to THE DIME I got in my piece of New Years cake I got, should be my luckiest year yet. (And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, second half of this post from last year describes the
…in with the good? Read More »
