Adjusting

I’ve thought about it every day. Usually more than once. And yet, by the end of the night I had yet to write a single word. Day after day. I never intended on walking away from my blog for over a month. But I suppose it wasn’t entirely by accident either. Because a month ago [...] [...]

3 Yellow Roses

I shot this back in the beginning of September. The roses are from one of the bushes I planted this spring. Somehow it sums up exactly how I feel today. [...]

A Different Kind of Sadness

It’s a weird thing, this sadness that I’m feeling over the miscarriage on Sunday. It’s a different kind of sadness than the one I experienced back in January. That was a devastating sadness. Losing the baby the first time completely blindsided me. I never expected that to happen. It had never happened before and when [...] [...]

29 Little Pills

There are days when I think the depression is getting worse. Days when I have pretty much zero interest in doing anything. And to tell you the truth? It sucks. It’s bullshit. I know therapy is helping. I’m recognizing things about myself that have been eye opening and healing. But I don’t think it’s enough. [...] [...]

Five Months Later

Five months ago things were really, really bad. I was spent. Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Devastated. For weeks after that horrifying weekend I wondered if I would ever be happy again. I wondered when it would stop hurting so much. I hoped it would be sooner than later. I was permanently altered in those moments in the [...] [...]

Live Freely

Not too long ago I was thinking about the way I live my life from day to day. What I found was that it is not necessarily the life that I want to be living. Now don’t get me wrong, I love certain aspects of my life. Much of my life is really great. I’m [...] [...]

You know that crap about clouds and silver linings?

Wow. Just another handful of hours and it’s over. 2009. The year that so many people will mark as the year of shit. No, really. I have seen more people on Twitter, Facebook, or in their blogs say how much they have hated 2009. So much so that they wished it away weeks ago. And [...] [...]