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The Town I Grew Up From
What a now-defunct Walgreens taught me about living (originally posted on Medium.com) The town I grew up in has 28,625 people. It’s […]
What a now-defunct Walgreens taught me about living (originally posted on Medium.com) The town I grew up in has 28,625 people. It’s […]
Dear 13-year-old, One day, you’ll wake up, and you’ll be sad. Not about what happened about your past, really. Sadness about that […]
As I write this, I’m sitting in front of the altar in the sanctuary of my church—the church I attend and the […]
I’ll admit that this is something I’m still working on so this might be more for me than for you. I sent […]
Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. JK Rowling I didn’t realize the power of prayer until […]
a letter to my mental health I don’t really spiral as much as I go down a rabbit hole and can’t find […]
Don’t check yourself into the psych ward if you still have dirty dishes in the sink. You’ll come back 48 hours later […]
finding the will to live amidst the trauma The first thing I learned in therapy was to validate myself–validate the past versions […]
“But in the end, one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.” ― Albert Camus I always thought I’d end up killing […]
Prologue: On the bulletin board next to my desk is a handwritten checklist from my therapist: is it truthful? Is it necessary? […]