Category: mental health
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Bait and Switch
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It’s hard to trust people anymore. Everyone seems to have an ulterior motive and find sneaky ways to prey on hopeful individuals. Lesson learned: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Vacation over
Now that I’m back home and looking back on my trip with my sister, I am reflecting on how it all went. My husband asked me in the car on the way back home and I said, “It was great. It would have been different if I was with someone other than my sister, but…
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Vegas – Saturday
Today is our last full day in Vegas. It’s been a quick trip, but packed with activity. Today the plan is to catch the hotel shuttle at 11:30 to the monorail, which we will take all the way down to MGM. I’m so glad my husband clued me into using public transit while traveling. I…
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Vegas – Travel Day
Travel has always been a source of anxiety for me. It runs in the family. But somehow, I seem to have found a zen I’ve never experienced before.
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Feeling Buried
Life has a tendency to just keep life-ing. I can start to feel on top of things, only to be smacked down by the unexpected. Monkey had a very specific idea in their head about what they wanted to be for Halloween (yes, my teen is very much still into dress up). We went to…
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A little encouragement
The tough thing about healing is that it’s not linear. One day you can feel like you could take on the world, and the next day a poorly timed comment can send you back under the covers. But here’s the thing: I know it doesn’t last. Yes, I’m feeling discouraged. Yes, I have days that…
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Showcase Recap
Saturday, I shared a table at the Garland public library’s author showcase. I prepped/planned for it for more than a week, ordering goodies at the last minute and even making some of my own. This is what I brought: Even with only one book under my belt, my half of the table was packed with…
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Worst/Best Job Ever
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I understand that a parent’s job is to help their child become independent. They need to be able to go out into the world and function all on their own. You know you’ve done a good job when they leave you, and break your heart. I realized the last few years that I’d done a…
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Scrambled Brains and Bacon
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My week has been exhausting. Only partially due to the impending book launch. That has taken up a lot of my brain space, but vying for attention has been injury (not mine), car trouble (not mine), appointments (not mine), ADHD (not mine), and general family scheduling. Last week, not only did Squirrel jam a finger…