How am I supposed to just be these days? If I stay quiet IRL is that the same as not posting on Facebook/Instagram/Wordpress/My Blog for a week? Will you know I am okay? Will I know I am okay? If is the internet doesn't know that I am okay, am I okay? What is okay anyway? …
Racism in Your Back Yard, I mean MY Back Yard
I live in Santa Ana. I studied Urban and Regional Planning. I am white and I would consider myself upper middle class, and lately I have been noticing a lot of changes in the neighborhood around me. This morning I had the privilege of attending a Unitarian Universalist church in Laguna Hills, and I got …
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DIY Hair or Hair Trauma/Drama or I wanted to post all these Photos of Me with Good and Bad Hair Days
DIY Haircuts have always been a thing for me. The earliest memory I have of giving myself a haircut is when I was about 5 years old, and I was at my best friend's house in Bishopville, MD. My mom has repeatedly been saying that I really needed a haircut, and so I thought Why not …
You Will Forget One Day or Miscarrying is Lame
Hi Guys. Trigger warning if the title didn't clue you in, I'm going to talk about having a miscarriage right now. I have shared pretty openly about things in the past, and so I will share again, but this one might be less humorous than normal, because, well, it has to be. Charles and I …
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TTC or there is a world of acronyms you don’t want to be familiar with.
I recently learned that TTC is an acronym for people who are trying to get pregnant or what it stands for: trying to conceive. I was initiated into this club when I shared the news that Charlie and I were trying to get pregnant and my friend suggested that I join a TTC facebook group. …
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The Decemberists Feels or Trying to Make My Sister Proud
Today as I drove out to a friends baby party, I listened to the Decemberists. I don't know if I do this when I consciously when I want to think about my sister, but no matter what happens I always wind up thinking about my sister. The Decemberists make me think of my sister because …
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The Importance of Being Authentic or Tell Your Story or Quakers and Yoga
I talk to everyone. This is something else I got from my mother. I talk to the man who works on our lobby at our 21 story office building, and I talk to people in elevators even when it makes them slightly uncomfortable. I ask real straight forward raw questions, and while I don't expect …
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Try to Do it Without Laughing or Miracles Don’t Have to Be Big
I am posting this publicly with my friends permission to post pictures of her children. I didn't use their names, but if you know us you know them, and I mean this post with so much gratitude to the joy the kids and Roxy brought to me. This one is for you pup. Also said …
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