I am always in awe at the end of these journeys. I know it take a lot of courage just to sign up. It takes a lot of courage to keep going, courage and energy. Most folks don’t make it all the way through without being derailed a few times, life has a way of doing that. Some decide now […]
WriteTogether Reflection: Week Eighteen
The last few years have presented some unique and difficult situations, while too many things have stayed the same, a lot has changed. It became clear to me that my dreams for where I go from here, who I work to become both now and, in the future, have been deeply impacted. Not just by the last few years, but […]
WriteTogether Reflection: Week Seventeen
I don’t even know where to begin with this week. Honestly, it was really hard to settle in for writing for myself this week. I had to check in with myself a lot about that, the truth is that I had a lot of writing to do for work this week. Sometimes when I write for work, its simple and […]
WriteTogether Reflection: Week Sixteen
Week sixteen. It is hard to believe that we are here at the end of week sixteen already, staring down the proverbial barrel of the end of this writing journey… Phew. Sometimes I have to take a moment when I think about how much time has passed during these writing journeys. I know it seems silly but the chaos of […]
WriteTogether Reflection: Week Fifteen
Listen, this week things were pretty intense. In the middle of it, I got a chance to do some physical labor that helped me keep at least a little bit of my sanity, and as my kid would say its “so exhausting it’s good.” I cant say that hurt things any, as someone with ADHD sometimes that tactile work helps […]
WriteTogether Reflection: Week Fourteen
The prompts for week fourteen are all about reflecting on the adjustments I need to make in order to move forward in life and setting the year ahead. And to be honest, even though I codesigned this writing journey, I really wasn’t thinking about these questions being the questions I would need to be asking myself during this past week. […]
WriteTogether Reflection: Week Thirteen
I decided that this week I would share with you an excerpt from my writing. Just me in the moment, a bit of my response to one of the prompts… A whole new world. That’s what I want. A community and world that loves so hard on each other that prisons become fully funded libraries, with wide open gardens, […]
WriteTogether Reflection: Week Twelve
One day I will be able to close my eyes and dream ofA beautiful worldA peaceful placeWhere threats and news of warAre just as imaginaryAs bubble gum elephants and blue snozzleberry One day I will awaken from my sleepAnd have had enoughMorality will not be connected to what I eatSafe and adequate housing will belongTo every adult humanJobs and careers […]
WriteTogether Reflection: Week 11
The first week of the year seemed to drag on for about ten thousand years. Maybe it was because it was a short week after such an intense few months, or because we were on day eleventy-seven of sick child, this week just seemed to last forever. The prompts were a welcome break from it all and I kind of […]
WriteTogether Reflection: Week Ten
The prompts from this week provoked much reflection and emotion, however, my mental capacity has been limited and this hindered my writing quite a bit. I also struggled to stay focused on the prompts, partially because my brain has felt like a slug but also because there is so much going on in the world around me that I struggled […]