
"Memories" that aren't memories (originally written Sept 25, 2022)
Anyone who has dug into their emotional/psychological health enough to have realized (or been told) that they have a developmental trauma...

I don't have ADHD (originally written Oct 2, 2022)
I’ve been tested. I don’t have ADHD but both my brothers do, so there might be some learned behaviours. Learned behaviours like going...

Bemused, but also annoyed and tired
At the time of writing this, it is actually early March of 2023. A few back-dated posts will be showing up over the next few weeks while...

I'm good at "reading people" (originally written Sept 24, 2022)
My whole life I’ve been told I’m good at reading people. Sometimes to an uncanny degree, so they’ve said. To me, it’s second nature. It’s...

Choosing Joy? Exchanging Joy? (originally written Sept 14, 2022)
What happens when we expect a particular joy and then find that expectation left unmet? Especially when, as often happens, a very very...

Moving Back
Hey folks! I'm slowly moving myself back over to this blog from my brief exploration of Medium. It was fun, interesting, and almost...

Silliness (originally written Sept 5, 2022)
The thing about feeling deeply, about Being An empathetic sort, Is that grief visits daily. Like a good friend or A neighbour Who pops by...

Looking ahead
My last few weeks have been successfully more reflective. I've jumped into a few more endeavours that should make a (hopefully large)...

The space between
There’s another way when the walls start closing in and the atmosphere becomes heavy and suffocating. A grace that is afforded when hope...

A New Chapter?
Could the experience I believed was a Beginning actually have been only the dust cover, title page, and prologue? Only an introduction,...

Pulling Weeds
I haven't posted much lately. I've been wrestling morewith the writing of my manuscript, rather than just the planning, and it's...

Cat's got my tongue
A while back I wondered if the Dragon were still around. The one who stole my voice. I found the answer to that this week - nope. I have...

Light
When last I wrote, I said something about it nearly being Candlemas, or Imbolc. Those are different names (depending on tradition) for...

Twilight
What a murky two months. I'm officially here to wish you all the best for the coming year - I'm unofficially here to see if I'm alone in...

What if the Dragon is still here?
In my author bio I talked about slaying the Dragon that stole my voice. I'm beginning to fear it isn't quite dead... it may just have...

Exhaustion Sets In
I know. We're all tired of hearing it. Covid. In fact, we're tired of hearing that we're all tired of hearing about it. The expressing of...

Celebration Day
Today I'm celebrating. Celebrating is still difficult for me, so it's very much a choice as much as it is a hope. I'm nervous and excited...

Beginnings
Why is the journey towards accepting what I love so much so difficult? Why can't I just confidently say to myself, "Why yes! I love to...






















