Mia Marci

Category: personal

  • A Poem for the Lonely during Christmas

    Written on 12/25/2014 There is always a place for you on Christmas. Whether it’s set for one, on a fold-out table before a TV screen playing a movie with dancing elves Or with Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Aunts and Aunts Uncles and Uncles and Uncles, and Cousins, so many cousins, who pile honey ham, cheese,…

  • Closer to Normal: What they don’t tell you about loss

    Maybe we can’t be okay But maybe we’re tough and we’ll try anyway We’ll live with what’s real Let go of what’s passed and maybe I’ll see you at last -Next to Normal, ‘Maybe’ (listen) This entry will not touch on mental illness, but I feel Next to Normal’s soundtrack best sums up what it means…

  • I know things now – or not

    30) While in school, don’t opt for what’s “easy”. Take what interests you, but put effort into the subjects that don’t interest you. Despite what the teachers might say, struggling doesn’t mean you’re stupid – struggling is a part of it. 29) It’s fine if you want to take up a course for fun. It’s…

  • Don’t date a director

    Written during a very bad time with Nikki, my boyfriend of two and a half years as of writing. We’re generally okay as long as his shoot sked doesn’t hijack our dates. The ‘Don’t date a…’ series has run its course online, but If anyone deserves a ‘Don’t date a…’ entry, I think its directors.…

  • Clean Hands, Pure Hearts

    Ever since I’ve been a little more active as a Christian, At least one person asks me, “Why do you celebrate Holy Week? Is it because of family?” Funny thing with me, it’s not because of family. My Mom practiced Catholicism and Christianity, but we had our journeys at different times. I started my journey…