Here’s the truth right off the bat. When you lose a loved one, conversations become awkward. People fumble for words. They feel sorrow on your behalf. Often, they want to help. Many will reflexively ask how can I help? Meanwhile, you feel overwhelmed and bombarded. You may find […]
Today, we enter the Year of the Rabbit. I must say I haven’t been keeping track of the days this past week, and the lunar new year falling on this Sunday caught me by surprise. We are entering the year of the Rabbit or, more specifically, the Year […]
She was sitting quietly in her friend’s house, sipping on supposed calming tea. She had never found those things to work. But she was willing to try anything to give her racing heart a break. It was working double time. As such, she needed to get up and […]
He, too, wanted to be an adventurer She put it in his head he could enhance his status as a lecturer She made it seem a delight But it had always given him a fright He wanted to explore And to adore But darkness always creeped up And […]
I’m tired. Haven’t slept, really slept, in days. Maybe it’s being in this semi- state of perpetual tiredness, but I saw a quote that just stayed in my head all day. Thinking is difficult; that’s why most people judge I’ve seen this quote before. It’s believed to be […]
January’s have been hard for me. I’ve lost three dear loved ones in past January’s. When I seemingly got through this past Friday, the 13th, I breathed a sigh of relief. That was foolish of me. I sit here having cried for two days now. Grief never goes […]
I’m sorry you were in pain I’m sorry you were alone I’m sorry life was a bit cruel I can only hope you’re no longer in pain I can’t say I understand why you’re gone I just know we have to get through no longer having you around […]
They were trying to outrun the sunset. But there was no way to do so. The sun was setting, and they were heading right into the belly of the nightmare. They had made a promise to each other. And, now they had to honor it. Off into the […]
I’ve been in non-stop back-to-back meetings. And, these are not meetings where I just sit and listen. I talk. Then laugh. Then talk some more. It’s rather tiring. It feels like every thought has already been said. Why must we repeat ourselves so often? I’m almost at the […]
Today was a brutally exhausting day. I literally had meetings from 9AM to 4 pm straight. Each meeting was a different person, a different topic, and a different goal. My brain kept having to switch the rate at which it fired and the rate of wittiness. I believe […]