Life
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The Liberty that comes with Loss
Losing is scary. Depending on the experience, it can feel like you are being robbed spiritually, physically, or both ways. And when the loss is something beloved and treasured, it can feel like you are not the same as you were when that beloved person/thing/experience (etc.) was with you. I’ve…
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Lessons from “A Snoodle’s Tale”
*Spoilers ahead* “A Snoodle’s Tale” is a cute (religious-based) short VeggieTales story about a snoodle named Snoodle-Doo who is full of questions and wonders what his purpose is in life. Snoodle-Doo is so excited to find out that he attempts to fly and to draw but is quickly bullied by…
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Nowhere to say this and Nothing to hide
A True Story Trigger warnings: Grooming, Pedophiles, abuse, suicide This story isn’t just true. It also happens to be mine and today I chose to share it because this period in my life has impacted the course of my life in ways I am still trying to comprehend. I hope…
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Renovating Myself: 6 Lifestyle changes I’m willing to make
I have made multiple mistakes and I don’t want to make them anymore. I know mistakes happen, but to me… these mistakes aren’t who I want to be at all. I don’t want to live this way anymore, and I am tired of being the person I am right now.…
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“Depending On You”
A Poem “I depend on my little pack of cigarettes… To get me lightheaded with a sip of smoke. Sip, sip, sipping doesn’t fix anything at all… Yet I can’t let it go- just not quite yet. Am I considering the years it’s taking away? Oh no, not every time.…
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Why don’t I consider myself valuable?
And other questions I have about myself I don’t consider myself valuable at the moment. And I’m really curious to know how it got this bad. So, I decided to really think about it and use DBT to understand myself better. And to do so, I’m gonna talk about the…
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Remembering People Who Are No Longer In My Life
Art by @kiracyan.design Sometimes… I can’t help but remember people who are no longer in my life. Even if the encounter with that person was short. So, today I wanted to vent about the people I still remember. (But I’m going to change their names because of privacy) … I’ll…
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The Best Thing I Did This Weekend
And the worst thing I did in June… SO- I’ll start with the worst thing I did in June because I did an actually mean thing and I want to own up to that mistake. In June (2025), I was friends with an amazing friend. Let’s call her Zoe for…
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Embracing the Chaos
As much as possible! Lately, I’ve been feeling overwhelmed to the point of feeling suicidal ideation… I have no plan and I’m not going to hurt myself but it brings me small amounts of relief to imagine that I don’t exist anymore. Which, for me, means I’m falling into a…
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Handling Things the Best I Can
I’m giving it my all but… (Artwork by: Sam Larson @samlarson on Instagram) Living in the United States of America is scary right now… And it’s getting scarier by the minute. Lately, things have been a little (okay, way more than a little) tougher to handle. Cuts are being made…
Foolishly Happy 