If you’ve ever experienced insomnia you know the feeling. Waking up at some ungodly hour in the middle of darkness and wondering if it’s early enough to get back to sleep before the alarm goes off. Or hoping it’s late enough that you can cobble together …
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An Open Letter to the Friends I Lost to Misinformation
Dear Friend, Hello. It’s been awhile. I don’t even know where to begin. I suppose this would be the place where I’d ask how you are, but the harsh truth is I no longer care. Saying that does not make my chest swell with pride. It …
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My Illness Is My Identity And There’s Nothing Wrong With That
We bought a house at the beginning of the year. Meeting our neighbors has been slow going thanks to the pandemic, but since vaccination has allowed us to live more life we’re starting to get to know everybody. And as you get to know me, you …
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Will Joe Exotic Save the World?
Netflix has announced they will be gracing humanity with a Tiger King sequel and, according to the current state of my mental health, the timing could not be more perfect. The first Tiger King met us at a dark time. The entire world had basically shut …
Where My Leg Took Me This Week
I always hurt somewhere. That’s just how it is in this body. Pain can be so loud. Sometimes the volume is down low, barely a whisper, but sometimes it goes to eleven. I don’t get to decide. My body does it for me. Recently, for a …
Here’s What the River Taught Me
The unpaved road began just minutes after my GPS died. My car and I were now crawling along a single skinny lane with rolling river on one side and thick, towering forest on the other. Thankfully, I was following someone who knew the rest of the …
What Remains of Summer
If you sit outside and listen to the cicadas scream soon you’ll want to join them. It’s summer, the tail end. The hotter it gets, the louder they screech. Such sweet relief. I envy them. It’s been too long since I’ve spent an evening outside. I …
Music Is The Home Of My Dreams
Let the walls close in. Blow the roof from its rafters. Slow down the thoughts that run from the tap. Windows cracked, let the breeze kiss my skin. Shut the moon off to make my world black. Feed my hunger. Light my fire. Dress up my …
Sometimes You’ve Got To Make It All About Me
This is the second post in a series, The Other Side of Being Sick, chronicling my path to learning how to be well once again. If you missed the first post, Resolve to Reconnect, you can read it here. “Where are you going?” I would ask …
I'm Sick and So Are You 