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FROM THE ARCHIVES

WRITING

FROM THE ARCHIVES

WRITING

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

WRITING

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01/03/2023

Heard It In A Past Life

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Apparently teaching my 110lb dog to function as a heavy body pillow when I’m having an anxiety attack or ptsd flashback is actually a regularly used (and super helpful actually like wtf) task for a service floof?

Anyway, hi from the backyard.

New city again. Couldn’t be more obsessed with these two. Actually happy with the change/upheaval this time. Hot as balls here—but palm trees and agave plants!! I’m gonna paint the walls in your house.

“Psh I’m in a dancing in bed hauntingly sad ethereal beauty seeking poet mood myself.” Send all the stunning spine tingling spring sadness songs?

(Just an odd lady with beaucoup ptsd, all is actually well).

#metoo // *obvious trigger warning

TO WARN OTHER WOMEN TO AVOID THIS BRO

Gregory Chase Sherrer, who is currently employed as a patient care technician at the UAB Center for Psychiatric Medicine, has stalked and terrorized me for most of the past ye

Officially training this 120-lb good boy to be a service dog to help me with some brain/body stuff. He’s not dumb, he apparently just doesn’t care at all what I have to say unless I am holding cheddar. This is about to be a really, really

Kinda have two homes like a child of divorce now tho. Have actually never been happier

Feeling cute ;) might delete later

INTRODUCING: the dumb dumb I’m obsessed with who decided to (literally) save my life this weekend when I had a stroke, and then spent like three nights sleeping in my tiny ass hospital bed with me. What an odd choice.

I think I finally unders

Feeling a little terrified because I am finally starting to believe that everything is working out for my highest good. I've never been happier than j have this week. I'm still scared af that the “other shoe” could drop though (no pun int

Gonna go write some happier poems (I hope).

I had a stroke last night. I am doing okay, but terrified the absolute loveliest people I’ve ever known.

I can ship all of the things to countries outside the US now xx

I think I have been in SSRI withdrawal for 5.5 months and it felt too awful for words. I have been so tired for that long that walking to the bathroom felt like an ordeal or brushing my hair.

I couldn't follow the most basic of conversations or dum

85% of my heart

New AMETHYST paintings 👁️

Started my book off with this poem. Mary Oliver forever and ever. The rest I wrote. Can’t explain why I felt the need to start with someone else’s words, but I did. Finishing a few edits on the final draft today. She’s getting much