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Deciding to Decide (with GIFs!!!)

Okay, I think I’ve really latched on to something here. It always surprises me when...

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Dose of happiness

I want to be happy. Doesn’t everyone? I feel like my default is set to...

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October 22, 2014

Fight Club

I am quite literally in a fight with my brain this morning. This has got...

October 01, 2014

Under Siege

Did you ever have a blanket for as a kid? My brother and I often...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Expectations versus Reality

I guess I expected something better. I had three days of fantastic, and then on...

September 24, 2014

In and Out: Inpatient, Part One

I really hadn’t planned on it. Otherwise I wouldn’t have worn tights. Last Wednesday, September...

August 2014

August 07, 2014

I’d rather be an alcoholic

Punch Drunks (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If I was a drunk, people would get it. Yes,...

March 2014

March 15, 2014

TIGO!

After another week that proved to me, yet again, that I have a hard time...

March 06, 2014

A Difference in Perspective

There’s nothing like seeing a metaphor come to life right in front of you to...

October 2013

October 09, 2013

When it’s not helping

I wanted to get better. And conventional wisdom told me that writing in my diary...

October 05, 2013

Shut up!

I’m not her any more. I’m not. I used to be her… the one who...

August 2013

August 23, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Last

I have nothing to say, but I’m writing anyway. Last. What am I to make...

July 2013

July 08, 2013

Living a Lie

Life is hard. I know that. I've been there, done that. My God, how I...

June 2013

June 20, 2013

La Dolce Vita

No telephone psychic, no gypsy fortuneteller, no prophet of Biblical renown could have predicted it....

June 09, 2013

Birthday Wishes

My goodness! It’s only 7:35 a.m., and it’s already one of the best birthdays I’ve...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

S is for Something

Plain brownies, 9 May 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Excitement is often found in the most...

April 24, 2013

R is for Ridiculous

Just. Hanging. On. Really, that’s what it’s coming down to. I feel like I’m in...

April 22, 2013

Q is for Quibbling Quotient

I think this the time when I usually throw in the towel, which is also...

April 19, 2013

P is for Pondering

It’s only with a fully tummy, after a hot bath, and tucked between these cool...

April 17, 2013

O is for Over My Head

So. Very. Tired. I'm wore out, I'm tired, I'm sleepy, I can't sleep. Sick of...

April 17, 2013

N is for Nope

Oh, I had something cooked up. But, the depression...

April 13, 2013

L is for Likely? Not Very…

"Oh, Honey, I can't even understand you." And I'm blubbering into the phone. "It's gone,...

April 10, 2013

I is for Me

This is where the screaming starts. The inner screaming. The pain that comes from not...

March 2013

March 22, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Remember

It’s a lot easier to forget than it is to remember. But it’s a lot...

March 17, 2013

Tar Pit Tendencies

Super bad couple of days. Feels like I'm back in the tar pits. Sorry. I...

March 12, 2013

God-Sized Dreams: Wanting More

I’m afraid to dream. I am. This week’s assignment (being shared here) was: Link-up your...

March 08, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Home

“There’s no place like home!” It really didn’t hit me until after my mom died...

February 2013

February 08, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Bare

Nothing. That’s what it is. Nothing. There’s no leaves, no flowers. Just the bare limbs...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Dreamless

My mouth is full of ashes. I’m choking on dust. I can’t breathe any more…...

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December 11, 2011

Long time…no write…

Yeah, it’s been a long time. The whole time Sophia’s been gone to Rome, I’ve...

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