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I’m moving in a little over a week and while I’m excited to be moving to a big sexy house I’m also quite stressed out. I’ve moved several times in my life and have always been the chill person, not worrying too much about the packing and such, I always got it done in time.Continue reading “I Really Should Be Packing”

Saying it out loud is still awkward but here it goes, “I’m an artist.” My friends have been calling me an artist for a couple of years and I’ve always fought it. I didn’t feel like I had the right to say I was an artist. I feel like my art is just a stepContinue reading “Accepting Myself As An Artist”

Years ago I tended bar at a “local watering hole”. It was all regulars and I knew everyone’s drink order. There was this businessman and his buddy who came in three to four days a week and drink . The businessman would drink himself into a stupor whilst his buddy would drink a little slower.Continue reading “An Anecdote From My Life”

More than once in my life I have seriously considered a permanent solution to all my problems, most recently back in 2017. I had reached a new low due in part to a poorly functioning thyroid added to a lifetime of trauma I had never dealt with. I felt unlovable, unworthy, and abandoned. Every mistakeContinue reading “A Permanent Solution”

Visiting my son’s family was vastly different than visiting my daughter’s for many reasons but the most striking difference was that his children had been removed from the home by Child Protection. My son and his girlfriend have limited supervised visits while they get counselling for their respective healing journeys. The supervised visits felt intrusive.Continue reading “A Different Kind Of Visit”

Even though I had words with my daughter and vacated her home I can’t say this trip has been a total waste. I have reconnected with my son in a positive way. My feelings towards my son’s girlfriend have somewhat changed, she’s been nothing but a kind and gracious hostess. They’ve made me feel veryContinue reading “This Trip Feels Like A SNAFU But Has It Been, Really?”