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With Words or Appearance
Let me go back on my word for just a moment about the daily prompt. I wasn’t going to answer it because I answered it last year and I am wanting to break away from the daily prompts as a result. However! I couldn’t resist going back to see what I said about first impressions… →
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Technically It’s Art
The most expensive thing I ever bought for myself was a large tattoo that is nothing but blue flowers. The symbolism of the flowers and their specific color have meant the world to me as I have healed from trauma. They have helped me become who I am mean to be. →
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Better Than Being Bored
What have you been working on? When this question came up on this day last year, I reflected on the fact that I was working on myself. I was a few days away from my first therapy appointment and I was excited about beginning the process of healing from all of the emotional trauma that… →
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Whateva, I Do What I Want
When was the first time you ever felt like a grown up (if ever)? I forgot that this prompt is a repeat and that I answered it on this day last year. Looking back, my answer is still the same. This is what I wrote then: I put question marks after “grown up” in the… →
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Funky and Full of Color
Who are your favorite artists? There are a LOT of different artists in the world. I could talk about my favorite musical artist, which, I don’t know that I have one. Taylor Swift is a logical choice for me right now, but music is too varied to have just one favorite. That’s probably why artist… →
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Beauty in an Unlikely Place
What could you do more of? Right now, sitting on the couch during my lunch break with my dogs curled up on either side of me, I would say I could take more time off. I would much rather be at home than at work. With that said, I could do more saving of my… →
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It’s Been…One Year
I hear that Barenaked Ladies song in my head as I’m writing this. The one they sang about how it’s been “one week since…”. Speaking of one week, this week has been exceptionally amazing. SO much I can and will write about (remind me to tell you about how “Lisa Simpson” talked to me on… →
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Because I Can
“Why the tattoos all of a sudden?” That’s what my sister asked me the other day. I was telling her about my next tattoo appointment (which was yesterday). This appointment was made last Saturday and was also made a little more than a month since the final appointment for the blue flower arm piece I… →
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In the Blink of a Year (part 2–the “aftermath”)
Yesterday I posted a series of pictures and screenshots that chronicled my year as the “acting administrator” of the school where I had been a teacher for 18 years. The stress and anxiety I endured during that one year as administrator was obvious in the selfies, the screenshots of inspirational quotes, and the random other… →
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That’s Just Me
How would you describe yourself to someone? “Just a woman in my 40s figuring out what kind of person I really am. I’m also a tattooed blue dot trauma survivor who writes and likes my music loud.” I cheated. This is what I have posted about myself at the top of my bio page on… →