Sakaratte Yumei To defy, go against, swim upstream… from the dream. My mom, when asked once about my boys’ autism and that I am that…too, told me that “by the time you were 9, you were normal.” Her casual, off hand remark, as usual intended to ground me in practical matters. What does it matter,…
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The difference of being alone vs. being lonely
I saw one of those random memes today that we are all, constantly, exposed to – you know the type – just words on a colourful backdrop describing succinctly an experience or world you knew but can’t sum up quite so tritely. To do my own history justice (much less anyone else’s), I have never…
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Just. Stay Gone.
It was never about the work. It’s not about the pots I spent hours scrubbing clean. It wasn’t about the hours dedicated daily and weekly to keeping a spotless house, folded laundry, or good food prepared from scratch daily. It wasn’t about the traditional lifestyle I never asked for or wanted but embraced whole heartedly.…
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Seeds of the Word
Sakaratte Yumei To defy, go against, swim upstream… from the dream. My mom, when asked once about my boys’ autism and that I am that…too, told me that “by the time you were 9, you were normal.” Her casual, off hand remark, as usual intended to ground me in practical matters. What does it matter,…
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The difference of being alone vs. being lonely
I saw one of those random memes today that we are all, constantly, exposed to – you know the type – just words on a colourful backdrop describing succinctly an experience or world you knew but can’t sum up quite so tritely. To do my own history justice (much less anyone else’s), I have never…
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Just. Stay Gone.
It was never about the work. It’s not about the pots I spent hours scrubbing clean. It wasn’t about the hours dedicated daily and weekly to keeping a spotless house, folded laundry, or good food prepared from scratch daily. It wasn’t about the traditional lifestyle I never asked for or wanted but embraced whole heartedly.…