Kelly
@kelwrites.bsky.social
I read and write romantic words to keep sane. Blue dot 🔵 💙 in a sea of red.
🎶 I’ve never been a natural, all I do is
try try try. 🪩
🎶 I’ve never been a natural, all I do is
try try try. 🪩
Eighth Thanksgiving without my dad, and I most miss him testing my stuffing and saying, “Oh, this is terrible. You can’t serve this. Give it to me. I’ll take it home so you’re not embarrassed.”
Then he’d stand at the counter like “Stay away from the stuffing. I’ll eat it to save you all.” 😂
Then he’d stand at the counter like “Stay away from the stuffing. I’ll eat it to save you all.” 😂
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Eighth Thanksgiving without my dad, and I most miss him testing my stuffing and saying, “Oh, this is terrible. You can’t serve this. Give it to me. I’ll take it home so you’re not embarrassed.”
Then he’d stand at the counter like “Stay away from the stuffing. I’ll eat it to save you all.” 😂
Then he’d stand at the counter like “Stay away from the stuffing. I’ll eat it to save you all.” 😂
Reminder: it’s ok if the only thing you’re grateful for today is making it to the end with your sanity in tact. You can reflect on gratitude any day you’d like.
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Reminder: it’s ok if the only thing you’re grateful for today is making it to the end with your sanity in tact. You can reflect on gratitude any day you’d like.
The absolute hate for Eldest Daughter b/c she uses cringe slang when she says 20 seconds in “I’ve been dying just from trying to seem cool.”
I just feel like no one these days would have survived my high school English class with Mrs. L. She’d have chewed every one of you all the way up.
I just feel like no one these days would have survived my high school English class with Mrs. L. She’d have chewed every one of you all the way up.
October 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The absolute hate for Eldest Daughter b/c she uses cringe slang when she says 20 seconds in “I’ve been dying just from trying to seem cool.”
I just feel like no one these days would have survived my high school English class with Mrs. L. She’d have chewed every one of you all the way up.
I just feel like no one these days would have survived my high school English class with Mrs. L. She’d have chewed every one of you all the way up.
Had a 12 hour work day AT the office, followed by mom duty (w/2 tear filled fits) for 2.5 hours, then another 2.5 hours of work in home office.
Stumble to bed and this man who sleeps in my bed is cuddling my pillow making it hot instead of cold.
God really said, “Try again tomorrow.”
Stumble to bed and this man who sleeps in my bed is cuddling my pillow making it hot instead of cold.
God really said, “Try again tomorrow.”
September 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Had a 12 hour work day AT the office, followed by mom duty (w/2 tear filled fits) for 2.5 hours, then another 2.5 hours of work in home office.
Stumble to bed and this man who sleeps in my bed is cuddling my pillow making it hot instead of cold.
God really said, “Try again tomorrow.”
Stumble to bed and this man who sleeps in my bed is cuddling my pillow making it hot instead of cold.
God really said, “Try again tomorrow.”
This! My stuff from The Limited is 15-25 years old and looks like it did when I bought it. RIP The Limited.
I have some of my mom's cookware from the 60s and 70s that work perfectly. Hell, I have Forever 21 $5 sale clothing from the early 2010s that still hold up, compared to the $100 coat I bought from Old Navy whose seams immediately fell apart.
Reminder that things are in fact worse quality for more money, that no, Elder Gen Z/millennials/gen x, you're not imagining it, nor should you accept it as "the way things are."
Shirts I've had 30 fucking yrs are still wearable, but a shirt I've had 2 months & worn MAYBE twice is already unraveling
Shirts I've had 30 fucking yrs are still wearable, but a shirt I've had 2 months & worn MAYBE twice is already unraveling
September 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This! My stuff from The Limited is 15-25 years old and looks like it did when I bought it. RIP The Limited.
I keep seeing people making fun of moms following their kid’s school bus so they get to school safely. And I don’t know, man. I don’t do it, but I get it. We live in a country where I hope every single day that she comes home OK.
Our anxiety isn’t born from nothing.
Our anxiety isn’t born from nothing.
September 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I keep seeing people making fun of moms following their kid’s school bus so they get to school safely. And I don’t know, man. I don’t do it, but I get it. We live in a country where I hope every single day that she comes home OK.
Our anxiety isn’t born from nothing.
Our anxiety isn’t born from nothing.
I’ve created the best “Man, if you don’t get out of my face” (emphasis on the man) playlist. From GloRilla to Fleetwood Mac. Perfection.
I’m a curator. A hormonal music savant. 😂
I’m a curator. A hormonal music savant. 😂
August 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I’ve created the best “Man, if you don’t get out of my face” (emphasis on the man) playlist. From GloRilla to Fleetwood Mac. Perfection.
I’m a curator. A hormonal music savant. 😂
I’m a curator. A hormonal music savant. 😂
Sometimes I’m sitting at my desk doing my capitalism tasks and randomly remember that Kennedy Ryan once wrote the line, “I’d play you at the five.”
That one line shattered the lie my snobby Lit degree told me—that romance is unworthy.
Because, baby, Dickens could never.
That one line shattered the lie my snobby Lit degree told me—that romance is unworthy.
Because, baby, Dickens could never.
August 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Sometimes I’m sitting at my desk doing my capitalism tasks and randomly remember that Kennedy Ryan once wrote the line, “I’d play you at the five.”
That one line shattered the lie my snobby Lit degree told me—that romance is unworthy.
Because, baby, Dickens could never.
That one line shattered the lie my snobby Lit degree told me—that romance is unworthy.
Because, baby, Dickens could never.
Truth. Just completed this transaction yesterday
As a tall person I cannot offer to reach something on a high shelf for a stranger, yet if they ask me I must oblige. This is the law of the giants
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Truth. Just completed this transaction yesterday
I wonder how many sourdough starters will be born this weekend.
August 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I wonder how many sourdough starters will be born this weekend.
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Amazing how peak masculinity for a Republican is swearing that you’re too afraid to go outside
August 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Amazing how peak masculinity for a Republican is swearing that you’re too afraid to go outside
Went to see Freakier Friday with the kiddo. Better than I thought it would be and not only b/c of Manny Jacinto.
Respectfully, sir…👀 🔥
Respectfully, sir…👀 🔥
August 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Went to see Freakier Friday with the kiddo. Better than I thought it would be and not only b/c of Manny Jacinto.
Respectfully, sir…👀 🔥
Respectfully, sir…👀 🔥
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Age 8 is hilarious. Eventually all this weird silliness will fade away into teenage nonsense. Gonna soak up the weird while I can. 😂
July 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Age 8 is hilarious. Eventually all this weird silliness will fade away into teenage nonsense. Gonna soak up the weird while I can. 😂
Another day, another instance of me showing how AI got it wrong—AGAIN— and explaining that I know because I used the brain I’ve spent TWENTY YEARS developing professionally to ascertain nuance.
Making us stupid is the entire point.
Making us stupid is the entire point.
a woman speaking into a microphone with the words eject me from this suffering
Alt: a woman speaking into a microphone with the words eject me from this suffering
media.tenor.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Another day, another instance of me showing how AI got it wrong—AGAIN— and explaining that I know because I used the brain I’ve spent TWENTY YEARS developing professionally to ascertain nuance.
Making us stupid is the entire point.
Making us stupid is the entire point.
I wrote something 3 days ago that I thought was good. I came back to it tonight and… it’s still good? Usually I’m like, “See, it’s terrible. Told you.”
What’s happening?
What’s happening?
July 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I wrote something 3 days ago that I thought was good. I came back to it tonight and… it’s still good? Usually I’m like, “See, it’s terrible. Told you.”
What’s happening?
What’s happening?
Gang’s all here, Lyla Sage. ❤️
April 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Gang’s all here, Lyla Sage. ❤️
No one passes around more “whats?” and “huhs” and “what are you talking about?” than a woman in her mid 40’s and her postpartum teammate with a baby who won’t sleep. 😂
April 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
No one passes around more “whats?” and “huhs” and “what are you talking about?” than a woman in her mid 40’s and her postpartum teammate with a baby who won’t sleep. 😂
Yes
Hate to be millennial about it all but it is just mental that my whole working life has just been a series of recessions and “economic shocks”, underpinned by stagnant wages
April 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Yes
I Hate It Here - T. Swizz
Cassandra - T. Swizz
Cassandra - T. Swizz
If there is a song you have on repeat to help you get through These Times, share it below? My own current rotation is:
- You Get What You Give (New Radicals)
- Talkin about a Revolution (Tracy Chapman)
- Let Me Down Easy (Gang of Youths)
- You Get What You Give (New Radicals)
- Talkin about a Revolution (Tracy Chapman)
- Let Me Down Easy (Gang of Youths)
April 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I Hate It Here - T. Swizz
Cassandra - T. Swizz
Cassandra - T. Swizz
Seven years today without my dad. The big anniversary days don’t hit as hard for me. It’s the random moments I want to reach for my phone and tell him how hilarious his granddaughter is.
But god, it’s really not fucking fair. At all. Grief is the curviest bitch there is.
But god, it’s really not fucking fair. At all. Grief is the curviest bitch there is.
March 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Seven years today without my dad. The big anniversary days don’t hit as hard for me. It’s the random moments I want to reach for my phone and tell him how hilarious his granddaughter is.
But god, it’s really not fucking fair. At all. Grief is the curviest bitch there is.
But god, it’s really not fucking fair. At all. Grief is the curviest bitch there is.
Today was great. My kid and I went to run some errands. With an iced coffee in my hand, the sun shining, and screaming Pink Pony Club with the sunroof open, I forgot about the world for a minute, and it was glorious.
Find your peace when you can.
Find your peace when you can.
March 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Today was great. My kid and I went to run some errands. With an iced coffee in my hand, the sun shining, and screaming Pink Pony Club with the sunroof open, I forgot about the world for a minute, and it was glorious.
Find your peace when you can.
Find your peace when you can.
Sometimes when I feel like it’s all hopeless, I remember how desperately I wish my dad was here to help me process this and how lost I feel w/o him. Then I remember I’m that person for my kid, niece, and nephew.
I need to be that for them. So I find the small slivers of hope, and keep trying.
I need to be that for them. So I find the small slivers of hope, and keep trying.
I’m sorry you’re having one of those days. I know the feeling.
Take a moment and think of a person you’d give anything to protect. That person, those people, are your point.
Today, take care of yourself for them. Love yourself so you can love them. One day, and then another day, and then—
Take a moment and think of a person you’d give anything to protect. That person, those people, are your point.
Today, take care of yourself for them. Love yourself so you can love them. One day, and then another day, and then—
@theferocity.bsky.social Saeed, may I trouble you for some pearls of wisdom? I am feeling a great amount of despair today. Very what’s the point. I’m so over being ruled by classist elites who are more interested in filling their coffers than do anything to help us.
March 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Sometimes when I feel like it’s all hopeless, I remember how desperately I wish my dad was here to help me process this and how lost I feel w/o him. Then I remember I’m that person for my kid, niece, and nephew.
I need to be that for them. So I find the small slivers of hope, and keep trying.
I need to be that for them. So I find the small slivers of hope, and keep trying.
This is unbelievable. Mahomes just falling all the way apart. The entire O line looking like a high school team out here.
February 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is unbelievable. Mahomes just falling all the way apart. The entire O line looking like a high school team out here.
Rooting for someone other than Taylor to win AOTY when she’s nominated is a strange feeling for me. But Cowboy Carter deserves it in every single way.
Go Tay for songwriting though, b/c that bridge from Smallest Man deserves an award.
Go Tay for songwriting though, b/c that bridge from Smallest Man deserves an award.
February 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Rooting for someone other than Taylor to win AOTY when she’s nominated is a strange feeling for me. But Cowboy Carter deserves it in every single way.
Go Tay for songwriting though, b/c that bridge from Smallest Man deserves an award.
Go Tay for songwriting though, b/c that bridge from Smallest Man deserves an award.