January 2011

Honestly, I’m getting nothing out of this second to last prompt. (Day 09 ? Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted.) But it did jog my brain and reminded me of a post I wrote on friendship years ago. (The Forgotten Friends is relevant to this prompt.) I’m re-posting here today, with [...]

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Through my tear soaked eyes, I see my therapist’s eyes twinkling at me. “What?” I almost yell. “I know that the silver lining in this case is really hard to see right now. But, this relationship has revealed a very important issue that we can work in therapy.” “Oh great!” I clap my hands in [...]

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I’ve been avoiding both these prompts. (Day 06 : Something you hope you never have to do + Day 26 : Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?) I’ve avoided them because they’re hard to address. I’m not ashamed or embarrassed about disclosing one of the common symptoms [...]

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{via} …do I have my own castle? …have I written my memoirs? Or rather my menoirs? …have I loved, I mean, really loved a man? …have I defeated my anxiety? …have I turned the big dreams into realities? …have I transformed eyelash wishes into goals? …have I watched 30 Rock fifty times over? No. The [...]

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I’m really sorry but I have two problems I would like to run by you if you don’t mind. Recently my life seems to be…difficult! I am 20 years old and feel like I’m 50! Problem 1: I just got out of a 5 year relationship. I was the one who broke it off, but [...]

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I’ve been tying up loose ends this last week. Attacking my email with fierceness, editing, completing projects that had slipped through the cracks when it occurred to me that I still haven’t finished the 30 Days of Truth Meme. I knew when I began that I wouldn’t be sticking to the strict 30 consecutive days [...]

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You

To my 523 subscribers, I’ve spent the day replying to most of your emails and my heart is so full of happy right now. Thank you so much for continually reaching out to me and being part of this corner of the internet. I love all your comments so much and you consistently remind me [...]

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….the best daughter ever. I’m spending a lot of time with my mother. I feel like I’m really getting to know her. We cook and we bake together, or rather she cooks and I watch and take notes. We play UNO make jokes and laugh in the same way. We sit on the couch and [...]

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