Hmm. The Universe apparently knew something when it dropped the notion of "flow" into my life for 2022. Here we are, 11 days in to the new year, and instead of boarding a plane to go to Florida tonight, we're a household in quarantine after one of the kids became symptomatic and tested positive for… Continue reading And So It Flows…
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Feeling out “FLOW”
It's that time again - a new year! And though I'm the same person I was last year, with much of the same circumstances and problems as I had last year, I seem to be incapable of abandoning hope for new things and growth in the new year that lays stretched out before me. I'm… Continue reading Feeling out “FLOW”
It’s the most (fill in the blank) time of the year
There's no doubt that the close of the year can be wonderful and festive, but for so many people - and for so many reasons - it can also be stressful, lonely, conflicting, and a huge exercise in coping with expectations versus reality. I just made a list with 80+ names of people of whom… Continue reading It’s the most (fill in the blank) time of the year
Exercising empathy
It's inherently uncomfortable, in many situations. To stretch yourself to consider what must truly be going on in someone's mind... their reasoning... their choices... is not an exercise many of us want to engage in. When we judge, or write someone off as an idiot, we firmly shut a door. It keeps the world black… Continue reading Exercising empathy
a different kind of awake
There are some morningswhen you wake up,somehow, more awake. You can feel the chill of feet on the cold floor,You can hear your tummy turn and shift, your bones creak into place.The quiet is its own song.Your coffee tastes hotter, sharper.The honey on your toast, stickier, sweeter.Your synapses fire faster. Your senses engage.You look at… Continue reading a different kind of awake
Reel life sobriety
Have you succumbed to clicking on those "reels" that Facebook is now littered with? I totally have. And the more I let curiosity get the best of me, the more FB seems to offer me. There are dad jokes, dance moves, moments of mom life, make up tutorials, cute kids being cute, lavish lifestyle flexes...… Continue reading Reel life sobriety
Be afraid… be very afraid
My 5th grader is an absolute movie buff. He has borrowed library DVDs since he was a tot in the kiddie section, streamed since he knew how to use a remote, and campaigned feverishly for what we'd rent since it became our Friday night tradition. His holiday and birthday wishlists contain more movies than toys.… Continue reading Be afraid… be very afraid
More than one thing can be true
I have a habit of mulling over posts long after I've read them, but a bad habit of not taking a screenshot of said memes or posts. I saw it because it was under a hashtag I follow, #mentalhealthmatters . (Sadly, people post all kinds of wildly unrelated stuff under this hashtag as well.) So… Continue reading More than one thing can be true
Stronger than Yesterday
Back in the beginning of 2021 (which somehow simultaneously feels like a minute ago AND a million years ago), I was sitting with the discomfort of a new year that was coupled with uncertainty about direction and vision. Because that direction and vision normally appeared to me organically, and maybe the whole pandemic thing was… Continue reading Stronger than Yesterday
When No One’s Laughing Anymore
I came across a post about comedian John Mulaney, and the headline was about him and his girlfriend expecting a child. NBCU photo bank via Getty Images What was more interesting to me, though, was the video of his actual interview with late night host, and his close friend, Seth Myers. You see, while the… Continue reading When No One’s Laughing Anymore
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