Cat
So much has been happening. A cat lives with me. I live with a cat. Not metaphorically. And to answer my therapist’s question “Yes, a real cat. …
In favor of all things boring
I found notes I had written to myself in April 2016. From a time when I was aggressively motivated to do something and find my calling if …
Taking myself to PTA meetings
I am writing this today, now that I feel like a fuller person. A person at all. But I am writing about the time I was not. …
Neither a borrower, not a lender be
Have you, as a child been to a fair or a movie with your friend and her parents? I remember wanting cotton candy but not being able …
From the dying, to the dying
Seek mental help & talk about it Take it from me: The first time I was sent to therapy, I was sent with a promise that if …
If you may have me preach
1.Buy yourself a bike Or a car, in your capacity, of course. Observe what it does to you. It opens your mind and makes you free. You …
Tippie toe
Today I am not living. Today I am surviving. You will see claw marks from my home till the office. I don’t know why this happens, this …
Birthday Shmirthday
I hate birthdays like I hate holiday trips. A little more I think. Trips, birthdays, convocation, graduation days, haircuts come with such a blind expectation of happiness …
grey and full of sleep
I feel very weird living in this body. It feels like so many people occupy it one after the other, at the same time. Like when you …
A hundred and fifty ways of being on your own
I woke up a little early yesterday. With a bad taste in my mouth. I woke up sad. I am convinced I tasted sadness. This sadness did …