I’ve been watching How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, and it has that very particular flavor of humor I can only describe as Catholic-adjacent existential mischief. You know the tone.Someone dies.Someone lies.Someone pours tea.Someone says something so inappropriate you laugh and then immediately wonder if you’re going […]
The other day a colleague was mourning a friendship. Not dramatically. Not throw-things-into-the-sea mourning. Just that quiet, disoriented grief that happens when someone who used to live in your daily orbit becomes… peripheral. So naturally, like the emotionally well-adjusted person I am, I pulled up the theme song […]
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. I’ve been ghosting people long before the word was a thing. Back then, we didn’t call it “ghosting,” it was more like a silent exit—less spooky, more socially acceptable (or so I told myself). But there’s an […]
What is the greatest gift someone could give you? In a world brimming with wrapped surprises and shiny bows, ahd garbage bins filled to the brim with Amazon boxes, pondering the question of the greatest gift is like navigating a psychological treasure hunt. Sure, the allure of dangling […]
What relationships have a positive impact on you? As I stand at the crossroads of retrospection, pondering the myriad relationships that have graced the canvas of my life over the past decade, the task of encapsulating their impact feels like catching stardust in a jar. Let’s be real. […]
If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time? Ah, the tantalizing prospect of a life without the tyranny of sleep – a realm where the night extends its arms, not to lull you into slumber, but to embrace the boundless possibilities of […]
List 10 things you know to be absolutely certain. These are my truths: I love my son unconditionally I try my best to be non-judgmental I don’t give up Insects love my blood Dogs rule I am good at my job Mysteries are good for the mind, body, […]
While growing up, my mother had a saying for everything as well as a superstition. I grew up with a lot of soundbites and food for thought. In certain ways, those bits helped mold me into a role of storyteller. I was back then. I am now. I’ve […]
I am saddened that I did not think about you I went to sleep with a clear mind I dreamt of lollipops and gumdrops I woke up refreshed and not alarmed For that I am sorry As now I come to think about the possibilities of tommorrow […]
I am curious about frenemies. Always have been, especially since I watched a Sex and the City episode (season 3, episode 16) where Carrie introduced us to her frenemy. By the time one is 35, I believe one will have had at least one frenemy. They […]
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