grief
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It’s Raining Again
I knew how important it was that someone begin dismantling our family’s framework of control ….. I just didn’t understand how much it would hurt. Continue reading
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Sometimes Gravity Doesn’t Ground. Sometimes It Crushes.
Navigating the SSDI review process feels like a constant battle. From the emotional upheaval to the invasive medical demands, every day brings a new wave of uncertainty and anxiety. Continue reading
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Unexpected Grief
My heart aches and my mind is as bleary as my red and puffy eyes. I generally pride myself in finding the very best words to utilize in poignant expressions of my thoughts. Today’s writing will most likely fall short of beautiful, but I NEED to write it out. Have to somehow, maybe, find a… Continue reading
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Life Doesn’t Go On
When we are compelled to bid farewell to a loved one, we understand that we, with varying intensities, will feel pain over that loss. We speak of closure, of grief in stages. To the hurting soul, we give tender hugs and promises that time will bring with it a salve for their aching heart. For… Continue reading
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To Surrender A Dream
It’s time that I let you go. With every shard of my being, every fragment of my grieving soul, I want to carry you here. I want to hold you, to hear you, to touch you, to watch you become and grow. But what I desire is irrelevant. This broken vessel I reside in is… Continue reading
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Loss of Structural Integrity
I am trapped inside of myself. My own arrogant nature is not a product of skills I hold, but a projection of what mayhap have been, and my disappointment in others because of what I often see as wasted potential. I am a crumbling work of architecture. The realization that willpower can no longer keep… Continue reading
Creating Peace From the Pieces 