December 2011

New Year’s Meditation

December 31, 2011

I can’t believe that it is December 31.  This year has felt like a time warp.  Some parts went by in the blink of an eye and others took forever to get through.  I know I’m not the only one reminiscing about the past 12 months.  I think it’s human nature to look both backward [...]

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The Only Way I Know How

December 30, 2011

Sometimes I take things too personally. When I don’t get comments or as many views on my blog as I would like I often think, “My blog is relatively new, not as well known or well-established/developed as others are and it will take time to make a place for myself.”  There’s also a voice that [...]

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In Memory of Scott

December 29, 2011

Not an hour after I typed my last post my sister called me and told me there were police cars and a firetruck outside of one of the houses down the street where some of our friends live.  My Dad and I went down to see if they were ok and we found out that [...]

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For Those Who Won’t Make it to 2012

December 29, 2011

This is going to be a sad post, but I really felt the need to write it. On Tuesday evening, one of my closest friends stopped to help 2 pedestrians who were hit by a car by accident in Indiana. The victims were 21 and 19, a boyfriend and his girlfriend.  Both passed away yesterday. [...]

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The iphone, the spa, and the kitten

December 28, 2011

Wow. The last 24 hours have been filled with all sorts of adventures.  About a week ago my 2 year cell phone contract was up and my family and I decided to change carriers and get new phones. I’ve actually been resisting the iphone for many years just because it was a fad and I [...]

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A Poem to Set You Free

December 27, 2011

(source) Self-Portrait by David Whyte It doesn’t interest me if there is one God  or many gods.  I want to know if you belong or feel  abandoned.  If you know despair or can see it in others.  I want to know  if you are prepared to live in the world  with its harsh need  to [...]

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Post-Christmas Realities

December 26, 2011

I’ve been out of treatment for a week now. Sometimes I get really emotional, I cry over trivialities that my mind has enlarged I’m scared to open my heart to the people, places, and things that hurt me in the past Two months ago I was shattered glass I’ve tried to block out those memories [...]

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“Robert, you’ve got your sheep and your black sheep, and I’m not even a sheep. I’m on the freakin’ moon”

December 24, 2011

Every year that passes by it feels less and less to me like Christmas time.  Every year since the seventh grade (excluding this year and last year) I have been studying for final exams and writing papers the entire month of December.  In college I would put up lights and make paper snowflakes to hang [...]

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The Days Before Christmas

December 23, 2011

  I discovered a sad reality this afternoon while waiting for The Nutcracker ballet downtown to begin.  My sister and I both decided a nice beverage of the alcoholic sort would be fun before the show, so I ordered a Kahlua and hot chocolate and she ordered a Kahlua and cream.  Unfortunately, after about two [...]

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And the High Wears Off

December 21, 2011

(image) So much for my attempt to write two blog posts yesterday.  Around noon I felt completely overwhelmed by being at home.  It wasn’t that I began to be unhappy, it is just that the transition from a residential setting back to a setting that was my biggest trigger is a difficult one.  I did [...]

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