Apologies for the hiatus! I have…I don’t know where to start. Health crises. Custody battles. A new home. A new job, new career path. A new…life. I’m studying a lot right now. I want to be a teacher. Well, I am a teacher. But it’s what I finally want to do. I don’t yet have my own […]
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“You won,” my friend says. And I guess I needed to hear that message. After all the shit we’ve been through, what we’re left with today is nothing more than what we started out with a decade ago. But it’s different. It doesn’t look different, but it feels different. Sometimes winning simply means getting back
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Dancing in the shower to some corny 90s pop song, beautifully scalding water cascading down my shoulders, back, over my curves. I could lose myself in the joy of the moment, or I could pout that master is not joining me tomorrow night. stupid snowmaggaden mrr mrr meh I am a very happy little kitten.
snowstorms, loneliness, beauty, joy, and scalding showers Read More »
Blood is thicker than water, so some say (I am making a personal commitment to myself to stop saying ‘they say,’ because I despise it). Yet my chosen family is closer to me than many blood relatives. But I can’t say there is nothing to the bond of family by blood. A child raised by a
when blood is thicker than water (and as precious) Read More »
When you get almost everything you want, you sometimes forget about the little niceties you failed to win. Other times, it’s all you can think about. I’m thinking about it today. Dumb, ridiculous me. It’s the ask, that’s what it comes down to. I want to be happy in our new life. With our two
rain in the desert Read More »
Such a good line. It’s a Princess Carolyn line. From Bojack Horseman. What would I do differently? I’d talk less, smile more. Eat more fresh fruit, drink less– no. No, I wouldn’t. I’d do it all the same, more or less. I’d probably have most of the same virtues and vices. Still waste lots of
i could not put a price on the munchkinsbut our lawyers, their mother could happily do so, this is how much it costs to protect your right to live with them, this is how much you must pay to see them, this is how much you must make in order to be allowed to have
things I could have, the Read More »
For my birthday!!! on loved ones My life seems suited to multiples of threes…although I am not currently in a triad. But it would be nice ^^ The past does not matter nearly as much as the present and the future. No matter how badly I feel I messed up, my loved ones are right
36 things about turning 36: a kitty reflects on her life so far Read More »
She is wild, unpredictable, but she calls to me and her voice is soothing and sweet among the crashing waves. She sings to me, sometimes it feels only me. Yet I know she is singing to any and all who dare to approach her. I miss the ocean. It’s lovely to have water nearby, but
chasing the ocean, the ocean chases me Read More »
Sssshh, little kitten. Everything is going to be okay. It’s difficult to push aside harsh and frustrating truths at times. Nor do I think anyone should avoid confronting one’s reality. Only I do believe that it’s okay to take a deep breath every so often. Lose oneself in a happy place. Troubles can wait until
sweet dreams made of sweet thoughts Read More »