I know my blog has been quiet, but I'm still alive and kicking! It's actually mostly a good thing, as I've felt well enough to have a full and great summer with my kids. I'm down to one, much milder version of chemotherapy, and almost all of my symptoms (minus a few lingering and/or mystery… Continue reading Checking in!
Tag: strong mind
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
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
alive. awake. uncomfortable. 