Grief isn’t a short-term thing. Not really, anyway. Grief…let me tell you some things about grief. Real things, not stupid platitudes, not sentiments. Just the cold, hard facts. Grief is real. Grief is hard. Grief is painful. Time does NOT make it better. Everything does NOT happen for a reason. And, the most important thing, there is no […]
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Female Elephants
Shrek had Donkey….we have our Female Elephants…. I’m all about keeping my circle small. I’ve been dealt a shitty hand my whole life and I have no desire to purposely bring more crap my way by expanding my inner circle. However, I’ve learned something in the 8 months since Billy had a […]
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Gloria On My Mind
Sometimes, the friends we never make are the ones who lead us where we are meant to be… If you don’t know by now, I have a deeeeeeeep passionate love of flamingos. I only “know” of one other soul that could rival my love for those bright pink birds….Gloria VanNostrand. I didn’t […]
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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
Surviving The Holidays When Battling Depression, Grief, Anxiety “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light”. — Albus Dumbledore The holidays are some of the worst times to suffer from depression, anxiety or to be fighting the grief monster. […]
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The Meat and Potatoes of Grief, and How To Survive
Starting a blog hasn’t been as easy as I thought it would be. I have posts started for a thousand different topics, but getting through them has been tough. I can only do what I can do, so I ask myself, what are the basics? Well, the things drilled into […]
