Author Archives: Skye

I made it to the eighth stage of my quit smoking app before I abandoned it. At this stage the goal was a sixty-nine percent reduction from my initial twenty cigarettes per day and to meet that goal there was a two hour and thirty minute interval between cigarettes. I started cheating all the timeContinue reading “Me And My Stupid Addiction (Part IV)”

My stepdaughter stopped talking to me a few years ago, I’m not sure why but ever since then I’d been sending loving messages to let her know I was thinking of her and hoped she was doing well. My patience has finally paid off. She replied to me and it and we had a wonderfulContinue reading “Mind Blown”

I feel like I am starting to come out the other side of my latest bout of depression and anxiety. It felt so heavy and every time I sat down to write the words wouldn’t come. I still have the same worries that drove me into that dark space, The only thing that has changedContinue reading “Starting To Come Out The Other Side”

My oldest daughter’s biological father had kept some photos that were taken when I was just eighteen years old. He gave them to her and she passed them on to me. Receiving the photos triggered a lot of memories for me. I wish I could say they were good. Most of the photos were takenContinue reading “Memory Lane-The Late Eighties”

What is radical acceptance and how does it help? Let’s break it down; radical means all the way, complete and total; it’s ceasing to fight reality, stopping tantrums and letting go of bitterness. It’s accepting reality as it is; that facts from the past cannot be changed; that everything has a cause; and life canContinue reading “Radical Acceptance”