Memories light the corners of my mindMisty water-colored memories of the way we were… Barbara Streisand – The Way We Were Funny story – the song I just quoted, I have never heard Barbara Streisand sing it. I heard it when I watched Big when I was a kid, and I watched that movie a lot because I loved it. Hell, I even linked it … Continue reading A Different Kind of Grief
I just can’t. Even. Express how much I love this. The Lion King is one of my all-time favourite movies, it came out when I was 13 and I bought it on VHS for my baby sister for her birthday and then watched it likely more than she did. Thank you, internet, you glorious thing of beauty, bringing gems like this to my screen. Continue reading This is Amazing – 1994 Lion King TL;DR
There’s something that I mentioned here and here, purpose. Purpose for this blog, purpose for my writing, purpose for all of this. I struggle often to figure out what I’m doing here. What’s the point? I know that I have a lot to say sometimes, and my typical medium is Facebook where it’s very easy for lengthy posts to be glossed over, or annoy people, … Continue reading Storytime
So, I’m diagnosed bipolar with generalized anxiety and PTSD. The psychologist I saw a couple times actually calls it “Complex Trauma” rather than PTSD, since apparently prolonged and multiple childhood traumas are different but same-ish but different. Being concise is not my strength, but I’ll try. I had a hellish childhood, full of divorce, abuse, poverty, extreme bullying, neglect. I grew up fast, really fast, … Continue reading Dear Diary – Just, Meh…
Yesterday, I saw for the first time, a post on social media about the Amazon Rainforest fires. It was competing for attention with some crap to do with Sony and Spiderman and Disney. You know. The important stuff. Once social media picked it up, it was everywhere – and kudos to the power of social media, by the way. NASA notes that they can see … Continue reading Danger! FIRE! DO SOMETHING.
Lists are fun. Today, okay not quite, there are juuuust under 3 hours left, so tomorrow, but today in Australia anyway, but I digress – I’m 38 years old. I didn’t get a trophy. Oh well. Since I had so much fun with -20- I decided to roll there again. Maybe eventually I’ll get every single/double digit number somehow, or maybe everyone will just get … Continue reading -38-
I read this early this morning. Click here, or below. “Climate Deniers Launch Personal Attacks on Teen Activist.” Subheading: “They also bash Greta Thunberg’s autism, creating collateral damage for others.” Yeah I’m not going to be polite about this one. I can’t bring myself to be, I’m so, so tired of it. I want to leave the politics and opinions on climate change out of … Continue reading Fuck Ableism
I’ve got a number of thoughts here that I’ve talked about at various times, and they all sort of tie together so here it is. I came across this image a couple times today on Facebook, so I imagine it’s going a bit viral. “This is what depression looks like.” But, no. This is what depression CAN look like. To me, wording matters. Others will … Continue reading What -Insert Illness- Looks Like
I’m really tired. There are a lot of reasons a person can be tired. Lack of sleep, overwork, stress. “Tired” is a word that people are very comfortable in their knowledge of its definition. We all know tired, right? When my oldest son was a baby, he had colic. At least, that’s what people assumed it was. He didn’t sleep, and so I didn’t sleep. … Continue reading Dear Diary – Chronic Pain/Fatigue
WordPress informs me that I now have 20 followers. I’ve come a long way from my audience of mom! In honour of this special occasion and my newfound fame, I have decided to create a post of -20-. 20 Things I Think Are Awesome**In absolutely no particular order at all ONE: Someone invented cake. Who invented cake? Apparently, the ancient Egyptians. That’s a thing I … Continue reading -20-
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