Category: Memories
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Daily Prompt 2/25/23
Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. I feel like I intentionally find some strange, obscure way to interpret daily prompts but for this one I have to say the most ambitious DIY project I’ve taken on is healing myself. It is true that I see a therapist regularly, but that amounts…
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Honoring Grandmothers
As a kid, I loved my birthday up until I was about 8 or 9. I can’t exactly explain what happened, but I think it had to do with being old enough to realize what was going on. Like I was suddenly aware of how I was being treated. My birthday became a day I…
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Daily Prompt 2/23/23
Do you enjoy your job? Sometimes these daily prompt questions are kind of silly. I like this question though, because I wish everyone could enjoy what they do. I don’t have a job right now and I definitely enjoy that, although I do feel like I am supposed to do something more with my life…
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Triggered
This was upsetting to read. I remember my mom pushing me away around this same age. Maybe younger. And reading this hurt in a way I wasn’t expecting at all. I’m on good terms with my mom right now. There’s been so much healing over the past 6 months. But her rejection all those years…
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Daily Prompt 2/17/23
Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you. I love sneakers. Like LOVE LOVE LOVE. I can’t call myself a sneakerhead because I’ve never been to a convention, but I really am a sneakerhead. I love Nike, Adidas, Merrell, Converse, Reebok, Mizuno, etc etc etc. I love ALL of them.…
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Friend…or not?
Back in January of 2008, I was in a bad place. I was deployed twice in 2007, but only for a couple of months each time. One was in the spring and one in the fall. On both deployments, something happened that caused me extensive pain and nightmares. Both were combat-related things that I was…
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Name Change
I’ve been ready to change my name since I was four years old. Once I was strong enough to move my furniture around my room, I used to hide behind my dresser and write my chosen name in crayon on the back of my dresser. I would write Timmy or Sylvester over and over. I…
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Summing up a life
The funeral was today. As expected, it was difficult. As an empathetic person, I felt sadness all around me. There were pictures of her scrolling on the tv the entire time. And wouldn’t you know it, every single picture of her with a birthday cake in front of her was all smiles of pure joy.…