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Sep 44 min read

Year 2.

My husband and I were sitting in our house in Portland having one of our final discussions about moving to Iceland. We had several, but...

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Apr 115 min read

It's not like it was.

I can't remember what I was watching, but it made some lightbulb go off in my head the other day about how human beings change over time....

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Feb 174 min read

The Answer to the Great Question

My family and I are spending a few weeks in the Canary Islands. Iceland is very cold at the moment and I wanted some sunshine to recharge...

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Jan 94 min read

Purpose

It's ironic, sometimes I have so many stories in my head, countless stories that I want to tell. Then when I sit down and put pen to...

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Sep 4, 20232 min read

Finding home.

When I was small, I often woke up in the middle of the night, sensing things in the darkness. Sometimes I'd wake up frozen with fear,...

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Jan 10, 20231 min read

Pain

Hold it in Deep down, knives in the nothing. Turn, twisting, sinking Together bound Ignorance is bliss Less joy Look over there Down...

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Jan 5, 20231 min read

Found

Time aches Lost Looming in eternity Long silence Booming still Green awaiting hours of day Alone across the frost Biting nibbles of...

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Jan 4, 20233 min read

Hope Exercise

We moved to Iceland on September 5th 2022. I had big plans for myself as I always do. I was raised by dreamers and that seems to have...

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Dec 13, 20225 min read

The Audacity

My partner and I pretty much talk about everything. Or, I should say, I talk about everything and he listens and makes comments here and...

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Nov 16, 20226 min read

The Cats

I’ve always had cats, from what I can remember. We were the people who took in stray neighbourhood cats, like, the really ugly ones. When...

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Oct 17, 20223 min read

One Step Away

One second, or maybe a quarter of a second. The time between one choice, a huge choice… in hindsight, a life changing decision. It was...

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Jun 22, 20222 min read

Art Therapy

A little over 10 years ago I started seeing my therapist. I was suicidal, I had been for a while. Despair has pretty much taken over my...

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Jun 8, 20221 min read

I fell in love...

I fell in love with you We embraced We danced We held on We joined We said goodbye We spoke We wrote We traveled We understood We knew We...

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Jun 8, 20221 min read

Quiet

I didn't know anything that big could be so quiet. Quiet lightening Clouds rising Lightened sky monsters The storm anticipated Wet flesh...

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Mar 23, 20223 min read

There is always room for love.

I was scrolling through Instagram this morning and I came across a video of a small boy walking alone to the Polish border from Ukraine....

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Jul 14, 20215 min read

Broken Trust

I was sitting in a waiting room at my doctors office. I was scared. I had just received, potentially, some horrible news. I waited a long...

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Jun 3, 20213 min read

Nourishment

There is a picture that has always hung on the walls in my mother’s home. My great grandmother is standing at the kitchen counter holding...

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Jul 15, 20204 min read

I think we should breakup.

I was talking to my husband the other day and we engaged in a discussion about relationships. I had recently listened to a podcast with...

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Jun 6, 20204 min read

What I know...What I've learned.

I've only been on the planet for a blink of an eye and I'll admit, I don't know much. I know even less about things that don't relate to...

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Apr 24, 20204 min read

In the Balance

Last night I had an interesting dream. My dreams tend to be out there, but this one was different. I sometimes wake up and start...