Tag: family
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Book Review: Something Wicked
Full round of applause to the author on their debut novel. This book is filled with lush descriptions of the manor and all the emotions of our teenage protagonist, Darryl. Thrust from her ‘normal’ teenage life in the city – moving to the country manor after her grandmother’s passing isn’t the only culture shock. This…
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Book Review: A House with Good Bones
LBPS (Long Blog Post Short): This book was really good. I got to hand it to T. Kingfisher, she really did an excellent job with this novel. I love a good well rounded novel, everything from the characters, the plot, the little science and pop culture tidbits, and down to the vocabulary was a literal…
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coping
So I keep meaning to write updates that make some iota of sense. But at the moment it’s just not feasible. I have been struggling a lot with my depression and anxiety lately. Since the terrible cold I battled from November – January I just havent been myself. Dealing with the trials of post-Covid from…
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‘merry’ christmas
The author reflects on the challenges of facing the holiday season after losing loved ones, and the struggle with depression that amplifies these feelings of loss and hopelessness. Despite societal pressures to feel “merry,” they emphasize that it’s okay to not be okay and to seek support during difficult times.
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back in the groove
So. I disappeared for awhile. A lot went down from the end of July to now. I’ll give a breakdown and will go into more details on later blog posts. July 2019: Lost my cat Mocha and my Uncle Gary August – September 2019: Dealt with a lot of pain, tests, and ER visits. Which…
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holidays & loss
With Mother’s Day fast approaching I’ve found myself thinking more and more about my grandma and how much I miss her. I didn’t expect holidays to hit me so hard after she passed away. Thanksgiving was painful, though it was made easier by my family and boyfriend. However when Christmas rolled around it hit me…
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getting back
So it’s been awhile since I’ve written a post. Between work, my personal life, and my mental state I have been busy to say the least. Mentally I’ve struggled a lot the last few weeks. My anxiety has been so bad that I feel claustrophobic in my own room. So I’ve been camping out in…
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the last month
The last month has been a crazy whirlwind of change. Dealing with the loss of my grandmother was hard, harder than almost anything I’ve gone through up to this point. To put things in perspective during the worst of the that struggle at the end of July I didn’t want to keep going. I was…
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loss
A little over a month ago I found out my grandmother had passed away. I had already been struggling, my depression had been bothering me more than usual. When I got the news I was devastated. I had lost a few pets and my great-grandfather when I was growing up. However this loss seemed to…