I’ve been thinking a lot about self-care. What it actually means, and specifically what it means for me. Some days I feel so lost in the needs of my household that I don’t even clock my own. And if I don’t clock them, like if I can’t even name them, how do I begin to…
I missed posting to my blog last week. Nothing happened. No one emailed asking where I was. No deadlines were missed. The world continued spinning exactly as before. And yet I felt guilty. Not because I had promised anyone an article. If I’m honest I write here each week for me. But I spent the…
There were beeps from machines, the hum of people just outside the room working, the occasional alarm that a new patient was arriving. But everyone in my room had gone. The doctors. The nurses. Even the nurse that transported with me to this new place. Gone. Now we waited. I waited. Alone in a room.…
He asked if I wanted chocolate. I said dark chocolate. Marshmallow, mint, peanut butter cream. All the chocolate, I said, with a little emoji to show I was being a bit ridiculous and also completely serious. He brought home milk chocolate. It wasn’t the end of the world. It never is. That’s the thing about…