Either my hiding skills have gotten worse or they are better finders as Cycle 3 has one main difference (or at least I think it does…maybe this is another tale of mine), but my children are very aware. It was Benno who found me first crying hysterically as I lay balled up on our patio …
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If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust?
I’m realizing that the narrative in my head is not quite complete. Nope. That is not even a fair description. It is totally inaccurate. When reading THIS. It was like I was reading someone else’s story. My eyes rapt with this stranger’s tragedy. Turns out depressive people like tragedies. Note: I have NOT watched the Hands …
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Cycle 3, updated PTSD research
Holy shit. It has been a while since I read my blog. I am back in it so I can learn from the past PTSD cycles and thank you past self, it’s all very helpful. All the research is right there to reread and all the results of past treatments are there to learn from. …
It’s back, cycle 3
Going on four. Four days. Day one was really dark. Just the understanding that there will be a day two, three, four, five…was enough to put me in tears for hours. I don’t have time for this. I don’t have minutes to spare! Days? Absolutely not. It’s odd that even though I know what it …
I welcome the sit
Note: everyone is healthy!!!! Everyone. Steve got elective surgery for acid reflux. He has more sexy battle wounds. Written: Friday, June 10th I’m back. Back In the room of waiting and I have to tell you oddly home like.The dings. The alarms. The chairs. Sunk right back into them. And I see that they got rid …
Lego Block
The lego block. Pure genius. Even as toys get more complex with remote controls and flashing lights, the lego block remains supreme. Fads come and go, but there is always lego. Its pure simplicity is its brilliance, but also its power. A block with endless possibilities. A unit of wonder. A cell that can be …
Ukraine
We have all been so challenged as parents these last years. Having to explain things that we never thought we would have. We explained to our children the need to wear masks, we explained why they can’t see grandma. We did unthinkable things, but that is what we do. We protect our children. And now …
Mentorship opportunity
Dear friends of MYX, At MYX, experience is everything. It’s what we do best. A MYX education is more than credentials, our students get hands-on, real-world experience applying their new skills and kicking the tires on potential academic and career pathways. The MYX Project, is one of the integral parts of a MYX education. Through …
Last one standing
She was the last one standing. I wonder what that is like being last. I don’t think any of us envision being the last one standing. Instead we envision our funeral full of people swapping stories and passing tissues, but what if there are few people who know your story left? My last grandmother died. …
Delayed
He was getting annoyed, I could tell. His gaze following me across the room as I place the third meal of the night in front of Jacob. Yes third. I may have overdone those prayers in the hospital praying for him to eat. He eats! But back to the child that never eats, Benno. I …
Nightwing 