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I Don’t Hate ‘Quarantine’

And I’m Not Afraid To Say It

This is probably an unpopular opinion, but the social distancing being asked of me (and now the staying-at-home being mandated to me) has not been as bad as I’d anticipated. My parents like to remind me that I got a poor mark on…

Alone, Again.

Sometimes I wonder if the loneliness I feel is all in my head. As opposed to say, being something I can actually feel deep in my heart…

Pruning

“It is accepted theory that the best time to prune is during the dormant times for any plant,” the Internet told me today. Prune in the winter…

Downpour

I was out walking my dog this morning, ready to take a long walk to forget about things weighing on my mind. It was lightly sprinkling, but…

the hardest part of moving on

it turns out the hard part of moving on when a relationship is that part you have to do. the letting go, the not turning back, the believing that there will be something else out there. maybe not something better, but at least different enough in the right ways to make you…

That’s [Not] Me in the Corner

10 Min Musing on How We Show ‘Depression’

Honoring the Past

January 8

This is the time of the year when many of us are fixated on the future. Specifically, on…

January 2

Nothing to Prove

There’s always pressure around New Year’s Eve: to make plans; make resolutions; make this the year. And with this pressure inevitably comes disappointment. The party is never as fun as hoped; the resolution falls flat in February; it turns out that maybe…

December 29

Breaking the Holiday Card Rules