I feel like I can breathe.
I’m not in a panic, but my throat is tight.
I’ve been in survival mode for so long I don’t even know how to feel.
But I know this:
I’m not a failure.
None of this is my fault.
And I’m allowed to receive.
I feel like I can breathe.
I’m not in a panic, but my throat is tight.
I’ve been in survival mode for so long I don’t even know how to feel.
But I know this:
I’m not a failure.
None of this is my fault.
And I’m allowed to receive.
#perimenapauserage, #drmaryclairehaver
#perimenapauserage, #drmaryclairehaver
A little late but still cute-Sheldon with a painting of his late brother (but still roams around the house) Leonard. ☺️
A little late but still cute-Sheldon with a painting of his late brother (but still roams around the house) Leonard. ☺️
1. Kids laughing
2. Cooking with my son
3. The sunrise
4. First snow
5. My Cubs are winning
1. That very first sip of coffee, every morning
2. Treat time for my pets
3. The moment you feel a new book pull you in
4. When someone in my orbit gets a win
5. The monthly data pull that confirms we house 89 Veteran families a workday
1. Hitting the platform moments before the train arrives
2. Conversations with tiny children
3. Any holiday!
4. When a pro wrestling reference is dropped on a hip-hop track
5. First sip of cola from cold can on hot day
1. Kids laughing
2. Cooking with my son
3. The sunrise
4. First snow
5. My Cubs are winning
And if you haven’t seen Bono’s one man show/documentary on Apple TV, definitely give that a watch.
And if you haven’t seen Bono’s one man show/documentary on Apple TV, definitely give that a watch.
I didn’t repeat the pattern—I ritualized the rupture.
I broke the lineage with ceremony, not apology.
I hold grief like a ledger.
I name the ache no one dared to speak.
I mother my inner child with irreverence and chocolate cake.
I didn’t repeat the pattern—I ritualized the rupture.
I broke the lineage with ceremony, not apology.
I hold grief like a ledger.
I name the ache no one dared to speak.
I mother my inner child with irreverence and chocolate cake.