once more into the fray
“It’s New Year’s Day again. Its arrival surprised me this year, a fact I attribute to the chaos that has enveloped my household this holiday season.
It’s not been easy…”
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Tag: boundaries
a box of chocolates – trigger warning
“Eating disorders are hell and they are full-time. They don’t take days off. They don’t give you a break. They’re always there, lurking, talking to you, telling you how awful you are, how much of a failure. How you have nothing to offer because you aren’t perfect yet. You aren’t thin enough…” Continue reading a box of chocolates – trigger warning
“No” is a complete sentence.
“I was driving home the other day when I had an epiphany – I don’t have to live my life for other people.
This isn’t a new thought and it’s certainly not unique. It’s an idea I’ve been exposed to repeatedly but have failed to execute; however, there, on the side of the road as I pulled the mail out of the mailbox, it came to me again and this time I felt it in my bones.
Suddenly, it seemed visceral.” Continue reading “No” is a complete sentence.
the loneliness of the connected age
the heat has been intense the last few days and as my fans struggle to keep up, i wondered about air conditioners and how they work. turns out, it’s the refrigerants in air conditioners that make them so helpful at reducing the temperature. the liquid refrigerants inside the units absorb the heat from the air. the liquid turns into a vapour as it warms and … Continue reading the loneliness of the connected age
From Famine to Feast 