Cognitive reframing. I have not finished my homework. Not out of lack of trying, just really hard to reframe reproduction rights or the systems that continue to oppress. But I’m not giving up, because when you live a 1% life, you get to do the 1% highs too, but only if you can feel them, …
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July
Hello July. I should welcome you. You ain’t June, but your turning out to be no better. You linger. You remember. You are still not quite there. You wake up every day in misery and panic which will take until afternoon noon to subside. You are doing terrible at your homework, cognitive reframing, although you …
Cognitive reframing
Cognitive reframing According to the Dali Lama, this is the secret to joy. This allows his holiness’s ability to see love, laughter, potential, and joy in humanity even as he lives in exile and witnesses such pain to his people and the world at large. In the Desmond Tutu/Dali Lama documentary I saw it in …
Doing something
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Motto
Every good plan needs a motto. A rally cry if you will. Here is mine: See something, say something. I stole it from the NYTransit Authority, I do not claim to be its author. Just sound advice. And I wholeheartedly endorse this motto for you too. No more this “How is that even possible?!” No …
New game plan
Pleasantly surprised instead of horrifically sad That’s my new approach. I may even get it embossed on a hat as this is not my natural state. I have always been an optimist. Maybe because I always worked with children, I had this perspective that things look brighter. That even if the world of adults suck, …
June
I’m determined never to be “here” again, but I’m still unsure how to do that. I doubt taking June out of the calendar is feasible and prior to cancer, it was a month I loved. So taking down June is not a solution. But the status quo is not either. I do not accept this. …
Nightwing is celebrating
Nightwing, Today is a day to remember and each one of you should feel proud of your role. Without you, we would not be here today. Three years ago, Steve and I were hearing our options, which were slim. We had gotten Jacob’s diagnosis only 10 days prior and we were still practicing its words. …
I’ve gained 10 pounds. I weighed myself. Something I never do, but when you attempt to put on pants for the first time in weeks and none of them fit, you probably have a problem. So I went to verify it. It really should not be a surprise to anyone, especially this one. I could …
Clean Slate
“Clean slate.” “Let’s start afresh.” Just like the word “again,” this is the stupidest concept I’ve ever heard. Cognitively speaking there is no such thing as a clean slate. Nope. That is not how the brain works. Unlike a whiteboard, you can’t just wipe it clean. It has memories, while they may be faulty, they …
Nightwing 