Eleven years ago today my mom departed this earth. Eleven years. The grief is not any less. The sting is not any less sharp. Fittingly it’s ground hog day. My mom liked the day. She would try to predict what Punxsutawney Phil would predict. We also loved the […]
Happy lunar new year! It is the year of the tiger. I find myself humming to Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger song. The tiger is commonly associated with something like bravery, courage and strength. The tiger can also be viewed as an uplifting animal that can give people hope. […]
The other night I was watching the television show called Pennyworth. It’s a prequel, of sorts, for Batman. There was a scene where both Pennyworth and his mother are sitting on the couch when they both, independently of each other, notes they have a sense of dread. I […]
She sat there quietly eating in the corner watching everyone else come and go. Watching the gatherings. Watching the workers in their flurry of activity. She didn’t feel alone. Although, she very well could have. She just didn’t feel anything. She didn’t even fill full or satiated. Food […]
I tend to go to sleep late at night. Often the earliest I will head to bed is around midnight. I think I get a weird case of FOMO (fear of missing out) I go to sleep early. That makes absolutely no sense since there’s really not anything […]
I have very curly hair. Extremely curly. But, many people who have met me in the last few years, wouldn’t know about my curly nature. I do the keratin treatment and blow out my hair. I think the last time I wore my hair curly was in 2017. […]
Pain in sorrow Sadness in pain Bite to my joy Joy in bitterness Bucking the trend Trending the doom Sorrow is prickly Laughter is tinged Find a horizon Blink till it comes into focus Sigh Exhale Inhale Pinpoint the dagger Bandage up the wound There’s pain in sorrow […]
I am going to admit something outright. I wrote the title of this post at around 1am. I have no idea what I was referring to or what thoughts I had planned to pen. I get it, though. There was supposed to be a big storm and it […]
Nothing pithy today. Nothing magical to share. Nothing fantastic to brag about. Or humblebrag about. Nothing dire to throw out there and examine. Just a few words here and there. Life is hard. Life is difficult. Life can be tumultuous, unpredictable, and the bad breaks unrelenting. One thing […]
Sometimes things are kept bottled up for too long and too deep into one’s psyche. There are things you are not allowed to say or comment on because of who you are. There are things you have been muzzled on. One of the worst things is when you […]
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