Category: personal
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Recovery in Plague Era
Content Warning: Trauma, mental illness, references to suicide. 2018. My condition has my name in it: dysthymia, chronic mild depression. When you break it down by the syllable – dys – thy – mia – it sounds like This Thy Mia. My Mom passed away in 2010. I was the first child and had worked…
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Small Wins
I get a lot of compliments on how I seem to have “made it” as an independent woman. They’re nice to hear, but I get really embarassed by them knowing the mess of my apartment and state of finances. At this time last year I wasn’t sure how I was going to get through Christmas.…
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Ruminations: 30
I don’t drink as much, I can’t fill up my days with as many shenanigans as I like, but I can be more honest and I’ve become more certain of what is worth my time and energy and what isn’t. While I still have hang-ups of my own, honestly, I loved entering my 30s and…
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Mapping Out a Sky
I am actually forcing myself to write this blog entry. I want to write something that commemorates my first year of teaching in an actual classroom outside of ESL or special enrichment classes. Here’s an admission: I’m scared to write it out
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Letter Better
The creation of Letter Better, more than just a lettering workshop