Back to Grief: The Dating Game (Or Not)

Remember, I told you this blog would be a wild ride. Today, I'm veering back into the present—away from the epistles on oversight and regulation I’ve been steeped in lately—to talk about something stranger than fiction: the kinds of conversations you have when you’re a widow.   Not long after he passed, I was asked …

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A Stroke of Realization

  Well, you're here today—and so am I. But what’s happened since his death? Oh boy, do I have a yarn for you. Let’s rewind. From about a year before the suicide until January of 2024, I believed I was spiraling because of substance use. It seemed like the obvious culprit—how else could things have …

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Whip-it good…

It's been a minute, and in the past two years, both nursie poo and the castle have changed. Let's catch up.   We were sorta of, kinda coming out of the more significant part of the pandemic. The pandemic screwed up life as we know it in ways, we are only now seeing two years later. …

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On a good day…

Been talking to myself forever, yeah And how I wish I knew me better, yeah Still sitting on a shelf and never Never seen the sunshine brighter And it feels like me On a good day   Oceanlab featuring Above and Beyond   A song about self-realization and, to me, a song about daily struggles. …

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