the girl with the lotus tattoo
“Never say never, but never say when, either.” This was the answer I gave when I was asked yesterday how long it would be until I got my next tattoo, having just finished getting my first one. About ten years ago, I was asked what I’d get if I were to ever get a tattoo. [...]
it’s never lupus*
“What can I do to help?” I never knew how stressful a polite question could be until nearly every conversation I had with somebody ended (or started) with that question. I appreciate that people at least appear to want to help in some way, but I honestly don’t know what to say in response. It’s [...]
good enough christian?
Faith. Spirituality. Religion. God. There’s a certain synchronicity going on between the two churches I attend. Both are, in essence, teaching about the grandiosity of God’s greater plan for us. We are all part of a greater story, one that we have been purposefully written into, while still writing our own individual stories. There is [...]
what do I recover?
With drug addiction, you hear that you can recover and reclaim your former self, the person you were before you started using. With other psychiatric illnesses, getting rid of symptoms means you’re more or less back to “yourself.” But what if you simply don’t have a solid self to return to — if the way [...]
