courage

  • November Update

    This year has been the most difficult year I can remember. Emotionally, I’m drained. Physically, I’m tired. Mentally, I’m frazzled. But I am on the mend. All of 2024 has been one shit show after the other, starting 6 days into the new year! Tragedy after tragedy, death after death, loss after loss. But through…

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  • Wednesday Works: To Have Courage

    I want you to be proud of me, See the change I’ve made. I hope your heart melts When you see me riding in, On those white horses, Courage blazing. But instead, The drifts get deeper as I drown, In utter embarrassment.

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  • #14: My Diary

    When I open my diary from five years ago, it’s hard to believe that I lived that life and that that person was me. Five years ago, I thought I was happy, I thought I was whole, but I laugh now at how wrong I was. I laugh at how much growing I still had…

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  • #8: All Gone

    Just when you think everything is all gone, Carry on. Just when you think there is nothing left, Carry on. When you feel like giving up and things are hard, Carry on. Nothing is ever really all gone. Hold on to that small blip of courage and CARRY ON!

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  • #3: No More Staples

    For nearly two weeks, the shiny metal staples shone like a beacon on her forehead. For nearly two weeks, all everyone ever saw was the staples. How she had gotten the staples wasn’t important, but she wouldn’t tell anyone either way. After she got them removed, the white clear strips were put in their place…

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  • Standing With My Antlers On

    Standing With My Antlers On

    A couple of months ago, I made a blog post called “Not Every Girl is a Pearl”. In that post, I talked about all the changes I was making and the hope I had for the future. Here is what has changed since then. I’m still single, and learning to love it. My hair is…

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