Grief, Memories, and Traditions: Navigating Life After Loss

In threes We liked things in three long before Dorothy exclaimed, “Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my!” in The Wizard of Oz. It’s been a popular grouping display in the oldest of art, and a well-utilized interior decorating device since people started displaying collectibles on mantles, but for me, the Oz connection trumps all. When I put things together in groups of three, I hear … Continue reading Grief, Memories, and Traditions: Navigating Life After Loss

MichelleMay 22, 20247 Comments

Mental Health

Things I liked about the week that was – an off-the-cuff joint.

I didn’t love much about this past week – my cat is sick, and she’s not being super agreeable about medication. It’s a worry. She’ll be thirteen this May, and I’ve had her since she was about six weeks old – a rescue from the feed mill I worked out. She’s got a urinary tract infection. She’s got antibiotics, and I’m administering them, but there’s … Continue reading Things I liked about the week that was – an off-the-cuff joint.

MichelleApril 7, 20245 Comments

Mental Health

I’m neurotic, an off-the-cuff joint.

I’m neurotic. I’m neurotic in the literal sense – I have neuroses. Lots of them. A neurosis is a mental condition not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress such as depression, anxiety, obsessive and compulsive behaviour, and somatic responses, but not a radical loss of touch with reality. Neurotics mostly don’t experience psychotic breaks. At its root, neurotic behaviour is an automatic, unconscious effort to manage … Continue reading I’m neurotic, an off-the-cuff joint.

MichelleMarch 19, 20247 Comments

Mental Health

Grief is like Pop Rocks.

My mother died on January 3, 2024, but we – I – finished the last of the bureaucracy last Wednesday. All the notifications we need to do are done, all her services are cancelled, and all the government departments are updated – and why there isn’t one department to do that in this computer age is beyond me. Someone should create a death app. You … Continue reading Grief is like Pop Rocks.

MichelleMarch 7, 202410 Comments

From Famine to Feast

Eating disorder recovery and mental health. Learning to live the good life.

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Grief, Memories, and Traditions: Navigating Life After Loss

Things I liked about the week that was – an off-the-cuff joint.

I’m neurotic, an off-the-cuff joint.

Grief is like Pop Rocks.