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Lately, everything feels like the famous meme, “This is fine.” The world is literally on fire around me and I’m just sitting there, drinking my tea in the face of an onslaught of awfulness. I’m being sued. We’re late on rent again for the second month in a row. (And this time, have only until…
Enduring my first Christmas since I lost my Mom and struggling to put the emotions of it into words.
I have to admit, I’m really struggling right now. Halloween has always been my favorite time of year and it’s something I shared with my Mom who was also a HUGE Halloween fan. Every year for the past decade, I’ve been going up to her house to dress up and hand out candy with her….
About 10 years ago, we started noticing a really cute orange and white kitty wandering around the parking lot of our apartment complex. At first, we assumed it was a boy (since 80% of orange cats are male), and every now and then, if we saw the cat, we’d stop and put some kibble out….
My mom’s first birthday since her passing and the start of our ages drifting apart.
Blog entry about my Mom, her love of jewelry, and learning to embrace a little of her bold style for myself.
Every part of going through the loss of my mom has been hard. I mean, yeah, of course, she’s my mom. But one of the most frustrating parts of this experience has been my inability to cry. And I don’t mean that I don’t want to, I mean, it physically hurts me to cry. I…
It’s so stupid. I have these moments where I’ll be sitting there, and I’m like I am so deeply and profoundly sad and for half a second I forget why. Then it’s like….duh you dumbass. Obviously! Your mother died a month ago! But even though that knowledge is there constantly and there’s no escaping it,…
For years, I kept my autoimmune diseases a secret from my mom to prevent her from feeling undeservedly guilty.
Sometimes the internet is a neat place. We hit a local antique store today that does a monthly market called Brocante Vintage Market. One of the unique things they had was a vintage Kelvinator Trimwall Foodarama side-by-side fridge/freezer. It was in amazing condition so my guess is that it was probably installed new in a…
It’s no great surprise to anyone who knows me that I’m a big Disney fan. I have been since I first went to Walt Disney World way back in 1984 when I was a wee girl of seven. It ignited a fascination in me and a sense of wonder. And certain things just really stuck…
From the beginning, I knew something was wrong with Gracie’s mouth. It’s why I initially took her to the vet. But the vet felt the drooling was a nausea issue and got fixated on her abdomen and wound up sending me to a specialist for detailed blood work and ultrasound. All that cost me around…
On Friday, July 28th, following an MRI Arthrogram, I was diagnosed with a SLAP Tear; specifically, “Left superior labral tear extending along the posterior superior quadrant.” I’m going to need surgery which is going to leave me with one arm for months, unable to drive, work, or support myself in anyway. So I’m asking for…
I don’t have the words to adequately describe how disappointed, disgusted and literally scared I feel in this moment as a woman in this country. I knew we were still a country battling bigotry, misogyny, hatred and even anti-intellectualism, but….but. This is something else entirely. I thought we were better than this. I thought decency…
Can you do me a quick and easy favor? 15 years ago in 2001 I started making jewelry. It was a hobby at first, but people liked what I did and eventually 10 years ago in 2006, I opened my PhoenixFire Designs etsy shop. I continued to run my business part-time while also managing a…