It has been a very dark eight weeks, a slippery slope down the rabbit hole where my mind has been getting darker by the day.
Continue readingOne rung at a time
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Caramel sauce
What’s in a title you may ask? Well, for starters, a picture of a successful batch of caramel.
Continue readingStill learning
Trust is a thing that is inherent in babies. Just watch, the little boogers will topple off the top of anything, surprised at the results. We adults patiently teach them caution and catch them when we can.
Continue readingFinding beauty within the pain
The dreaded marker of five years has come and gone.
Continue readingI’m alive
It is weird to think that I had heart surgery less than two weeks ago. I am constantly awed at the advances we have made in western medicine that they did not have to crack me open to do this.
Continue readingGratitude with mental illness
I have spent a lot of time recently working on gratitude. It can be tricky, as most things in my life. Yet, study after study shows that when you take time each day to focus on it, it can help with depression, outlook, hopelessness. Ironically, when you are struggling with those things, it can be next to impossible to grasp at.
The rare gift of absolute pure joy
You may have noticed I have not posted in the last couple of weeks. The last two Tuesdays have been about 14+ hour days, and for my sanity, I needed to not add anything else to my to do lists. It has also been another few weeks of roller coasters. Continue reading
Mental break
I forget. I forget how much my body and mind are processing. All the time. Until it doesn’t. Continue reading
One week away…
You have seen over the last few weeks me in an extremely focused mode, going from one task to the next. The past week has been interesting as time closes in on this 4th anniversary. Continue reading
Holding it all in the palm of my mind, I mean hands
I am holding immense sadness that is threatening my grasp on holding it together, a smidge of overwhelm, and gratitude. I am two weeks from the 4th anniversary of their death…