Grief
Hello Again, October
“I remember it as October days are always remembered, cloudless, maple-flavored, the air gold and so clean it quivers.” - Lief Enger
Challenges
To be human means living through the good times and the bad.
Challenges
Nobody Knows How To Get Back Home
Jeff left this morning and it was harder than I imagined it would be. Before making the decision to stay in New York for the remainder of year, Jeff and I discussed the pros and cons at length. The biggest con, of course, was the time we'd spend
Challenges
OCD, Holidays, and The Year of Broken Traditions
2020 and the year-end traditions that weren't.
Member-Only Posts
As You Read This (My Election Day Mammogram)
The 'As You Read This' series chronicles my experience of finding a lump in my breast at 23 years old and again at 31 years old.
Challenges
As You Read This (Eight Years Later)
The 'As You Read This' series chronicles my experience of finding a lump in my breast at 23 years old and again at 31 years old.
Challenges
An Anxiety and Flea Update
Do you know what doesn't mix? Contamination OCD and FLEAS! That's what! I'm fine. It's fine. Everything is FINE.
Member-Only Posts
When Anxiety Takes Control (Thoughts From Therapy)
OK. Here's the thing: I kind of feel like I'm going insane.
Challenges
The Frantic Fantastic Flea Fiasco of 2018™
That time my indoor cat got fleas, and I was diagnosed with OCD, I bought a Dyson vacuum and officially became an adult.
Public Posts
Depression Is Like...
A personal account of what it's like to experience depression.
Member-Only Posts
Why I Needed Hip Surgery at 27 Years Old
And, before you ask, no, it wasn't a hip replacement.
Grief
Taking Back October
An open letter to the month that's tried its best to take me down.
Member-Only Posts
A Long December
"And there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last. I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass." - Counting Crows