Tag Archive: the dark

A Letter to my Daughter on her Third Birthday

Dear, sweet, tenacious, powerful, funny, smart, beautiful daughter, I’ve avoided writing this because I fear the myriad emotions that will accompany it. I worry that I am unable to bear the weight of… Read More

I’m Going to Attempt Something No One has Done Before

I’m eating salt and vinegar chips for breakfast. The first half of the bag tasted amazing and carefree and reckless in a bad girl kind of way. The second half tastes like bloat… Read More

It’s Been One of Those [insert time frame] and Our Friends Kept Us Alive

I haven’t died/run away/gone blind. I’m just tired, and unmotivated, and trying to fight of The Big Dark while the real dark of winter creeps in. I’m not alone, so it seems. Lots… Read More

Courage, My Love…

Human in Recovery, being the wicked-cool bloggess she is, started the Courageous Confessionals Blog Award. It’s an effort to recognize someone who is “on a personal journey of healing, wholeness, and community through sharing your… Read More

Hire me, I’m crazy.

Like many people, I get paid to do stuff. I wish I got paid to do nothing, like Paris Hilton, or a Montreal Police Officer, but until that dream comes true, I gotta… Read More

Brain Rot

Sometimes, folks, the cure is as bad as the condition. I’m taking a buttload of Lamictal (often used to treat Bipolar II) which has considerably evened me out. No more super-productive, spastic, soaring highs (which I… Read More

Panic

A terrifying thing happened to me last week. I received this email. The Client wants to SEE MY FACE. I mean, he’s seen it on Facebook and stuff. And I’ve spoken to him… Read More

Perspective

Monsters are afraid of monsters too. Having said that, I know (damn, do I know), that though perspective is important, it takes a lot more than “happy thoughts” to dig yourself out of… Read More

Crazy Daycare II

I’m done. They let me loose. Graduated Stigma cum Loud. Now I have to DO SOMETHING. Get work, or apply for financial assistance, or start a counterfeit operation. Gotta find a hobby. Gotta leave the… Read More

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