Well my friends, this will be a brief post today but an important one I think. We reached the official end of the #WriteWithMe journey, and are now heading into the three bonus weeks! This is a really big deal, and those who have been participating, either officially or from the sidelines, should be really proud of themselves for making […]
#WriteWithMe Reflection: Week 14
Over this last week, I have had to engage every single skill I have learned to stay grounded and manage my own self. I have had to work very hard to not lose my very last marble. In reality I don’t think that I actually succeeded half the time. And while there is definitely a part of me that feels […]
#WriteWithMe Reflection: week 13
Over the last couple of weeks, my writing through the prompts keep bringing me back to this space where I have to acknowledge how I feel about specific things. For example, one of the prompts for this week was to “Glance back for a moment over what you have overcome, how hard you have worked and the changes you have […]
#WriteWithMe Reflection: Week 12
This past week was intense on so many levels, I was so grateful for the writing space and also for the fact that we are not writing every day this year. When I think about this last week, everything that happened, and everything I wrote about… I am exhausted. And also, I am energized. I have a lot of reflections […]
Human Trafficking Awareness Day: Dear Survivor
Dear Survivor, Today may be a tough day for you. I know it can be for me, though to be honest, the hardest part comes in the days after Awareness Day when the blue ribbons get put away, posters that make me throat punchy because they are so inaccurate and over sensationalized get taken down, and folks turn off the […]
#WriteWithMe Reflection: Week 11
This week, week 11, we wrote three days and in between I used my time to reflect on how 2022 went and what I am hoping to bring into 2023. I appreciated the prompts this week because they really helped me focus and they fit right into the work I was doing on the other two days. Reflecting on what […]
#WriteWithMe Reflection: Week 10
Wow, the end of the year… 2022 was a lot. Looking back on it, I wonder how we ever functioned in the “pre 2020” days, when we were doing so much more running around and “stuff.” I felt in a lot of ways that we were trying to slow down, remove and release the stuff that just didn’t fit our […]
#WriteWithMe Reflection: Week 9
This week, writing was tough. Not because of the prompts, I weirdly appreciated the prompts. But, right now, this time of year, it is hard to stay in the rhythm and routine. There’s so much upheaval, preparation, and chaos, that it is hard to think. For me, this translates into ridiculous amounts of time staring at a page and hoping […]
#WriteWithMe Reflection: Week 8
One of the things that the prompts this week asked me to do was to really look at what is happening right in front of me, and to allow myself to feel what is coming up. This is something I have made a practice of doing, but for some reason or other has not gotten less uncomfortable…? Uncomfortable isn’t necessarily […]
#WriteWithMe Reflection: Week 7
The prompts this last week were a welcome break for me in a lot of ways. I got to reflect on how I have grown in the last year, the challenges and obstacles, small victories, and the people who help me hold it all together as I grow. One thing that came up as I reflected was how much more […]