I have anxiety and bouts of high functioning depression and OCD. Basically when my anxiety gets out of control the depression and OCD follow. I go through periods where I have a handle on the anxiety and feel relatively "normal" and I have other times it takes me a little longer to regain some stability.… Continue reading The Invisible Struggle
How can 5 years feel like a lifetime and a day all at once? It will be 5 years since the day I said goodbye to my best friend. It's hard to put into words the loss I feel still to this day. The truth is there is not a day that goes by I… Continue reading Take me Back
I grew up in a small middle class town. Everyone was white. My school district was comprised of two different villages with maybe 80-100 kids per grade. Of those students there were only ocassionally a non-white student. There were not any African American families in town. I grew up really only seeing people of color… Continue reading Be the change
The ups and downs of quarantine have been interesting. I find myself reflective of all aspects of it. I'm in a time in my life where things that once would've sent me spiraling seem to wash away. It's like there are loud waves crashing all around me but I’m only able to focus on the… Continue reading I’ll ride the wave
Did you wake up today? If the answer is yes , then you are already having a better day than the 105 people that will die globally in the minute it took you to read that sentence. ( that's the normal death statistic not corona virus specific) I understand there is fear, and uncertainty. It… Continue reading Did you wake up today?
Yesterday morning we were all running behind. I still needed to get myself dressed for work, and both kids still had not gotten dressed or brushed their teeth. It was 8:00 a.m. we leave around 8:20 a.m. My 5 year old daughter walked in asking to please be snuggled. She has been struggling with me… Continue reading Pause
No. Who knew two letters, one word could set you free? It's a small word that seems to be more and more difficult to use. It isn't something that just rolls off the tongue. We sort of pause and stammer and reach for an excuse. There are many times I feel most of us want… Continue reading N-O
Phew....2019 was a doozy! It was 365 messy, beautiful days. In all my 39 years, I think 2019 will be locked in as most significant. Life is like the weather, you have bright sunny days and others that are stormy. I feel the same way reflecting back on different years of my life. Some just… Continue reading 365 Messy, Beautiful Days
The holiday season can bring great joy and excitement. It can also bring stress and feelings of being overwhelmed. For many, it triggers emotions of grief and sadness. Most of us are a snow globe of emotions this time of year. One shake can bring on great sadness, and a second shake can warm our… Continue reading Snow globe of emotions
There is a feeling Seattle leaves you with. It’s a cozy city. You are surrounded with tall buildings yet get the strangest small town vibe. The air is crisp and fresh. It’s hard to explain how different the air feels when you breath it in. My first morning here I was wide awake at 4:00… Continue reading A nod to the Grunge Era ✌🏼
