When I first applied to the job admittedly I had absolutely no clue what the job entailed or what skills I would need. I went into the interview clueless and admitted that to the interviewer who was amused. She talked me through the details, gave me a few tests that apparently I passed with higher […]
I always hear people say “new year/day, new me” or something along those lines. It always involves saying that this is a new me. I don’t actually like that idea. To me calling my progress a new me feels like I am cutting off the old me. Which for some maybe a good thing of
I’ve been lonely for a long time. I have absolutely hands down the most loving, supportive, compassionate friends a person could wish for, but I still struggle with feeling on my own. Not on my own in a good way at least. I’m good at independence, looking back I always have been. My weakness lies
High school, a roller coaster of time in my time. I managed to make it into Columbus High School. For those unfamiliar it is a fairly prestigious public school in the area. A magnet only school. You have to test to get in and its not an easy school. Freshman year was actually great. I
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Most of my friends already know that my health has given me problems since birth. I was born a month early. My lungs were underdeveloped, I had a cleft pallet and the doctors thought I would have mental defects. I spent the first year of my life on oxygen. I had several surgeries to repair
In the previous post I outlined the beauty and happiness that was my early childhood and elementary school days. I cannot say what followed was anything like that. I went into 6th grade naive about how friendships worked and the cruelty kids could show. I came from a school where everyone wore the same thing,
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I am happy with the woman I have become. I am proud of myself. But I acknowledge that the road to this point has been long. Part of my healing process will be telling my story. I realize that this is only from my perspective so the story is going to be one sided. I
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Well this morning I posted about how I needed to take a step back and listen to my body. Of course I figured that I would start tomorrow. My body finally gave me essentially an ultimatum. The pain flared up to a 9, I ignored it. Then came a panic attack or what felt like
Friday, thank goodness its here! I only get to enjoy typical Fridays every other week so I am grateful that the week is almost over. I realized that I have been going pretty much nonstop since before Christmas. I’m actually impressed I managed to get through most of February still going that hard. Now though
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I finished clearing out the bed room! See pictures below for proof!! Also Nimbus is concerned by all the emptiness. Tomorrow morning all the big things happen. New curtains/curtain rod go up, and bed frame with mattress get put in place! If you can’t tell I am very excited.