It’s been that kind of year. Alternating layers of dark and light. It started on Jan 3 with my eye/neurological issue that saw me admitted for an emergency 3-night hospital stay including a scary lumbar puncture and countless tests…with no conclusions as to why this happened, leaving me with some permanent vision loss in my […]
When My Estranged Father Died
15 Nov 2024. My father died on this day. It’s taken me a while to write this. I wish I could have found a photo of us, posted it and shared my grief with the world as soon as I heard. But I couldn’t. Not because I didn’t have any photos of him with me […]
Mid-Century Musings!
It is kind of ironic how on a year that is rather significant, I did not do my usual birthday post. Well, if the beginning of the year, with my emergency hospital admission, is any indication, things this year are turning out in rather unexpected ways. Whether it is something big or small, it does […]
A Quick Note About The Radio Silence…
I have been totally slacking on writing articles for my blog, haven’t I? My last post, Will I Ever Be Okay, was on April 3rd?! Well, it’s only because I had decided, this year, that my writing focus would be on that book I have been meaning to write for the past few years, but […]
We all have something to celebrate on International Women’s Day
Feeling lacklustre, or was it lost, I turned to one of my favourite self-care activities. Listening to a mind health podcast while vaguely sweating it out at the gym. I guess what prompted this was International Women’s Day (IWD). Looking at the many events and stories featuring amazing women, I experienced something I haven’t had […]
My Long Battle with Endometriosis
Hello! This is not an overtly mental health related post (though there are mental health implications for those who suffer from this disease), but seeing as how I have had two big surgeries to deal with endometriosis in the span of 10 years, I thought I’d share my experience in regard to this normally not […]
Doc gave you Licence to Chill. Can you?
Right. We are well into the New Year and it’s been all about my recent operation so far. On Jan 5th, I had surgery for endometriosis and to remove my swollen fallopian tubes. Might not sound like the best way to start the year, but you could also say that I was prioritising my health, […]
2021 – Ups, Downs and Everything in-between
Setting aside part deux of Covid-19 that was 2021, it was a typical year, of ups, downs and everything-in-the-middle. There were times when the force was strong in me, and my energy levels were on par with the big dreams I had. And other times, when I had so many things I wanted to do […]
Why 2020 was one of the best years of my life.
If I said 2020 was one of the best years in my life, would you think I’m crazy? Would you think I must have been living under a rock, was I not impacted at all by the Covid-19 pandemic, how could I actually declare this? Yes, I was impacted by the pandemic – not as […]
The Lovely Isolation
One of my happiest memories is of the Nordic wilderness of Abisko, a place so remote, even my Swedish friends wondered why I was heading there. It was in 2014 when I turned 40, and to mark the occasion, I wanted to challenge myself. I had always thought I hated the cold, so why not […]