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Depression Isn’t Sexy

11 Mar 202120 Mar 2021

I didn't realize it was a thing. Romanticizing the darkness, like it's a melancholy melody of minor chords swirling like black glitter around you in some fantasy dream. Being seduced…

A Diagram of Depression

1 Dec 20201 Dec 2020

The paralysis of paranoia Knowing what you should be doing Is what you’re not doing And you’re not actually doing much of anything How do you put into words all…

Of Sundays and Scribbles

23 Nov 202023 Nov 2020

Sundays are becoming my favorite. I've started a new tradition on Sundays where I take a nap after lunch and take a Facebook fast for the day. It is ah-mazing.…

Of Sweets and Snares

27 May 20209 Nov 2020

About two years ago, I wrote a post about the deception and dangers of gluttony. It took two more years for me to delve deeper into this conviction and identify…

Of Blahs and Blogs

Writing a blog about writing a blog is a bit redundant. But I often find myself wondering why I post online instead of just keeping these thoughts in a private…

On the Other Side of Blink

"Don't blink" they say For soon, one day This bundle you're snuggling Will be on their way To crawling To walking To tempers To talking And that little baby Tucked…

Of Walls Where There Are None

For most of my childhood I thought that anger (or being angry) was a sin. Somehow I thought it said so in the Bible. But Ephesians 4:26 says, "Be angry…

Of Silence and Solitude

Solitude, being quiet or still, generally makes us uncomfortable. Why is that? We know at our core that we want our souls to feel at peace, and yet this unrest,…

Of Margins and the Non-Messy

It's easy to write about the messiness of motherhood. Of the chaos and the crazy. As I'm sitting here, though, let me describe one of the sweet and beautiful moments…

Of Starving Hearts and Socialism

These are surface thoughts. Choppy fragments. This post is a muddled collection of concepts and ideas and questions I've been mulling over, but sometimes writing things out provides clarity. I…