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The first three hundred and sixty-five days of the rest of my life. 

Yay! I made it! Year one of my recovery is now forever written in the book of my life. What a year it has been! I have been healing and seeking my truth, all this while bearing witness to the 41 years I had already lived. As I reflect upon the immenseness of it all,Continue reading “The first three hundred and sixty-five days of the rest of my life. “

Journey to Self Kindness – Take 2

I have decided that I want to continue to align myself with caring for my family while still ensuring that I care for myself. Call it a deep desire if you must. So, here I am! Seated and ready to consider new thoughts and action new habits. Maybe these are not new. Perhaps these thoughts and actions are ones I have had before. Either way, it is time for them to be appropriately actioned and ultimately habituated. Whatever the existential answers are to these thoughts, I am here, and I am ready to discover more.

Salute to Sisterhood!

I have to say this out loud. I do apologise, this is going to sound like one big gushing love letter… I also don’t think I am the first person to bring this up, but I definitely want to put in my two cents. For real, though, considering where women were once standing regarding howContinue reading “Salute to Sisterhood!”

Diary Entry 365 of 2020

I had no idea what this kind of request entailed, but I am glad to be on the other side of it. Even though I knew that my life was overflowing with blessings, I never realised how much I was missing because my focus was in all the wrong places. When I asked to receive more, I had no idea that what I was receiving was a multiplication of what I had already had.

Memories are my favourite treasure!

Of all the things I collect, I collect and treasure memories the most. I love stolen moments and long hugs. I seek moonlit dance floors and love karaoke in the front seat. Oh and the formal dinners, ooooh and cooking in my mom’s kitchen. Memories are my favourite treasure, and making memories are the momentsContinue reading “Memories are my favourite treasure!”

The power of the spoken word

I woke up this morning filled with millions of emotions trying to find their own words in all the sentences running through my mind. I am overwhelmed by memories, research, reflections of yesterday and a combination of concerns and hopefulness for tomorrow. So much so that I have sat here in front of my laptopContinue reading “The power of the spoken word”

Remember…

July 8th, 2016…. I wrote and posted this on Facebook, this post encouraged me to share more of my writing and embrace my inner wordsmith. I have not edited it or “fixed it” in any way because I believe we should treasure where we began and continue to grow without continually criticizing ourselves for ourContinue reading “Remember…”