AJ and a LATTE

Very vulnerable post ahead; not a post for sympathy, but for understanding.  If one has never truly experienced depression or panic attacks, one can’t understand the isolation in a full room or the lack of oxygen in the open air.  Depression and panic so often go side-by-side.  I am neither a health practitioner nor a… Read more: What does depression look like?

With the temperature averaging over 98 degrees, it is easy to get into the “wash, rinse, repeat” phase of life.  Everything is just so uncomfortable.  We just go through the motions.  I had gone to the Wayland police department to get my parking pass, just another of the duties that must be done for school… Read more: Simple Joys

It is not wasted on me how faithful God is in giving perspective. I have spent the last year searching for who I am and what my role is now that the world has shifted.  Sweet Jesus had a plan.  I needed to wander a bit because I had so much self-discovery during this time. … Read more: Perspective

I recently read a book (The Midnight Library by Matt Haig) that dealt with a young woman who decided she no longer wanted to live.  She was transported to The Midnight Library and got the opportunity to live out different lives that occurred due to her different choices.  (I am being vague because I don’t… Read more: The regrets and self-love…

I wonder why we have blue days?  It is lovely outside.  I have my best dogs and my crochet at hand.  It is a great Saturday.  We have a couple of different engagements this evening and leave on vacation tomorrow.  But why am I feeling melancholy?   My first stop, just knowing myself, is to ask… Read more: Melancholy mood…