Category Archives: Thoughts on Life

Let’s be real; it’s 2023, and there are many words, phrases, and expressions that need to be expelled from our vernacular. There are words that within one syllable carry more oppressive meaning than entire volumes of literature, or song lyrics. Eradicate their usage, but don’t obliterate them from our dictionaries. People need to be awareContinue reading “Censored…Oppressed…Hurt.”

Words slip from my tongue like a sour candy that has lost its flavour. I want to speak my mind, but it’s a blank page in an unwritten book. I search the room around me for someone to talk to. I’m invisible in a room full of people. I start a thought, but as soonContinue reading “I Love You Before You Leave…”

Once again, Ms. Swift has reached out to me with lyrics that I needed to hear. “Never take advice from someone who’s falling apart…” How freaking true is that?! Imagine falling apart and asking someone to help you keep track of all of your pieces. Imagine that person being as shattered as you, if notContinue reading “Sound Advice”

There is deep nostalgia in looking through photographs. Children are young, cute, and playful. Youth glows in our faces before wrinkles can map out our history, and growth. Smiles seem more authentic. Bodies seem more agile, and beautiful. There is hope. There are dreams. Youth is wild, and carefree. Everything glows in The Fountain ofContinue reading “Please Don’t Stop Time”

In some parts of the world, people are already chilling their champagne and prepping for their midnight kisses. Globally, people who recognize today as New Year’s Eve are organizing their resolutions, setting goals, and making promises to themselves, and their loved ones for 2023 to be better, stronger, more, less, everything, and then some thatContinue reading “Happy New Every Day!”

This morning, I did what I try to avoid: I stepped on the scale, and looked down. The number glared up at me like an angry monster screaming in my face. I panicked. I tried to justify the increase, but reality is that the justification is all lies. I know that since I’ve been offContinue reading “Fear of Numbers”

Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to take a moment to introduce you to my friend Justine. Justine is more of a sidekick, than a friend. She travels with me wherever I go, often consuming my time, my thoughts, and my smiles. When she’s not busy attempting to control my life, Justine is shelved in myContinue reading “My Sidekick: Guilt”

It’s mine, isn’t it? I can choose how I invest my energy within the hours of my day, can’t I? I am obligated to work. I struggle with sleep. I balance some chores, and I try to find time to rest. It’s the rest that eludes me. My time is observed, stollen. I request space.Continue reading “Time…”