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What’s in a name?
5Ws Wednesday I don’t have anything insightful that I’m wondering about today, so I did a Google search for: random questions that start with a W. I have some interesting answers for this one: What’s the worst name you could give a pet? Now, I don’t think these answers are the worst, but let me… →
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It’s a Woman Thing
Talk About it Tuesday I had this random memory the other day. It made me giggle to think about it. When it happened three-ish years ago, Josh couldn’t believe I had done what I did. He didn’t see the humor in it. Maybe because he’s not a woman. Here’s what happened… Picture it. Early morning.… →
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Snail Mail
“Something Good” Sunday This week has been a mixed bag of things happening and emotions being felt. A recurring dream I had made me question past events in my life and made me a little antsy to hurry up and get to my next therapy appointment. Despite that dream, for most of the week, I… →
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Fun and Whimsy
BONUS Screenshot I saved this screenshot on this day last year. Today especially, I feel like 13 year old me would look at what I did today and be in total awe that I am who she will grow up to be. And that’s because I got another tattoo today. It has been almost a… →
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Golden Girls Summer
Screenshot Saturday This week’s screenshot was saved on July 3, 2021. The summer after Covid. I saved it because that year, my online knitting group returned to holding our annual summer knitting “camp”. We couldn’t have it during 2020 because of Covid and the shutdown. But we came back with a vengeance the next year.… →
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It Hasn’t Gotten Old Yet
Flashback Friday Today I’m going back two years to the day I took this picture: That was the picture I took mere minutes after submitting my very last assignment for grad school. After two long, but felt fast and short, years of big projects and tests, submitting that last assignment felt amazing! It was not… →
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Tools to Help
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday Whenever I am in a position to give advice about getting help for mental illness, I immediately think back to two resources that helped me tremendously. The first is this book, Cutting by Steven Levenkron I randomly came across this book when Josh and I were browsing Waldenbooks at the… →
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What is he doing now?
5Ws Wednesday In the past, when I have posted on social media about my experience with mental illness, I sometimes get asked how I got through it. What did I do that helped me heal? My first answer is always that I had a psychiatrist who changed my life. I may have written about Dr.… →
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Work Was the Cure
Talk About it Tuesday So apparently the mystery of why I have felt so off and not myself lately has been solved. Over the weekend, I had repeated episodes where I felt like crying for no reason. Where I didn’t feel like doing anything. I actually did cry a little when explaining this to Josh.… →