Tag: Life

• August 6, 2022

  N.K. Jemisin Makes Me Want to Cry (In a Good Way)

  A lot of you will have heard of N.K. Jemisin and her phenomenal and award-winning Broken Earth trilogy. Or her beautiful short story collection, How Long ‘til Black Future Month? If you haven’t, I recommend you go out right now and read something of hers. This blog post is specifically a response to the short…
• September 30, 2018

  Tarot Cards, Tea and Indecision

  Fall seems to get under my skin these days. It used to be my favorite time of year. But now I associate some pretty unhappy things with fall so that the changing leaves and air quality seem to bring out a sort of depression in me. This year it doesn’t help that I seem to…
• April 3, 2018

  Climbing Mountains – 12 Steps for Perseverance and Overcoming Fear

  Today I climbed a mountain and looked fear in the face. I have been on very intimate terms with fear for a long time now. Starting with an anxiety disorder diagnosis in high school, moving through my mother’s cancer diagnosis and eventual death, to now. This is a different sort of fear than I’ve had…
• March 19, 2018

  To My Heart On My Darkest Days

  Always remember there is still good in the world. It can be the smallest of things. A beautiful sunrise. A smile from a stranger. A friendly word. A small act of kindness. Sometimes you have to look for it. But once you start looking, it will begin to reveal itself in a thousand tiny ways…