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Time Keeps on Slipping

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We are all looking back on the past year and what we’ve lost, found and missed. This month marks the one year anniversary of when I was unable to get tested for COVID-19, so I was tested for everything else. I stayed at home, in my bedroom for a month. During that time I read, planned projects and dreamed. When I returned to work in April, I was angry at the people who told me they had to get out of the house, because they had watched everything on Netflix, and Hulu. To hear someone tell you that your health … Continue reading Time Keeps on Slipping

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A Lot Can Happen

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This past decade has been difficult. Early on my mother suffered a stroke, while my brother was diagnosed with a rate form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Next, a co-worker committed suicide, an EF5 hit my hometown (I was hiding in the bathtub while the debris cloud swirled around the house). I started a nonprofit only to close it 5 years later (that process was a nightmare). I suffered a suicidal breakdown and for two years I slept through life. With the help of family, I weaned myself off Xanax (my psychiatrist told me to simply stop taking it) and I worked … Continue reading A Lot Can Happen