Lore – Flightless bird, open skies

December 5, 2025

The Uphill Climb of Therapy

Buckle up, folks. It’s gonna be a long one, so strap-in and strap-on! I like to think I was one of those people who started going to therapy before it was cool. If you’re a therapy hipster like me, you’ve probably been going to therapy for about a decade. Yep. That’s right. I’ve been in Continue reading

Lore, Mental Health, Modern Stories, Self & Identity, Uncategorized

anxiety, blog, diagnosis, life, me, Mental Health, personal, PTSD, therapy, trauma, venting, writing

January 13, 2025

Sleeping Sickness, Part 2: Chronic Illness

Chronic illness is more than a condition; It’s a perpetual shadow, an ever constant threat of a life cut short. It’s the lens through which my family has always lived – and died. Tales of tragedy By the time my dad turned 30, he’d already lived through more adversity than most people endure in a Continue reading

Family Dynamics, Generational Trauma, Lore, Self & Identity

chronic illness, dementia awareness, father-daughter relationship, fear of the unknown, hashimoto’s disease, healing through writing, inherited trauma, love and resentment, Mental Health

January 13, 2025

Sleeping sickness, Part 1

Since I was a little girl, I’ve been surrounded by sick people. I didn’t always know they were sick, or how abnormal it is to be so small and know so much about all the ways someone can get sick and die. My earliest memory of this comes from when my family still lived in Continue reading

Childhood Stories, Family Dynamics, Lore

childhood trauma, coping with illness, death, family, grief, life