A year ago today, I had a spiritual transformation, mind, body and soul. It happened on a day filled with strange coincidences, that began with me seeing a bird playing, in a way that reminded me of being a teenager and seeing the same thing on the day I officially quit working for my Dad […]
I moved into my apartment in October 2023. I was sad, depressed, angry, and grieving. I weighed 358 pounds, and was bearded, as I looked for a long time. By December 2023 I weighed 361 pounds. I left my old apartment because of memories. I’d lived there for 14 years, and needed a symbolic representation […]
Some people don’t have a narrative arc in their lives, not the long life or even short bursts. We have moments of story, if we’re aware enough to know, “I believed this was true, but learned it wasn’t,” and can see moments of change and even transformation.
I have an app to track bowel movements, something easier to do on a phone than with pen and paper, and helpful when you’re working with doctors to manage ulceritive colitis and crohn’s disease. It’s gross. And it hurts. But you can also get little reminders about improvements, and why you’re so tired. This number, […]
A simple truth of life is that we all influence and shape it, through our actions and choices. This is what karma means, not a ledger of good and bad deeds, with rewards and punishments dolled out, rather, the collective effect of every choice we all make. And by all, I mean all, not just […]
I just woke up, and am feeling off. But I realized something. I’ve been holding on to an old identity, and all the trappings and familiar comforts that come with it. And it’s time to let that go and just be myself. The easiest way to explain it is if I focus on writing, and […]
My community, the place where I feel seen and safe, is writers. My alignment, the people I feel challenged and inspired by, who I also spark, are harder to describe. I’m still looking for the words. Peace walkers. Kind talkers. The ones who talk to the wind so much that the idea of threats just […]