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Finding a Passion
I have been passionate about a lot of things in life as a child, which I could not pursue, cause our lives were about survival. I loved dance, drama, music…but all this would not have added anything to my life as per my mother, whose life goal was to ensure we were educated and able…
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The Things You Don’t Say
When I was little, growing up with an alcoholic father, who was abusive to my mother, no one told me that it was not okay. No one looked at me and said, “You don’t deserve this.” No one said, “Sorry, you are too young to have to deal with this”. When I was a teenager,…
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Birthdays and Bearings
The reality is, my life is never going to be the same again. Things have changed irrevocably. What it was was beautiful for that season but that season has passed.
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Grief – The Never Ending Story in ADHD
…you never feel the loss…Till you do. Till some mention of him occurs, or I see something that reminds me of him and all at once I remember. I remember he is gone, and the grief hits like it did that day.
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Perception vs Truth
The Oxford English Learners dictionary defines Perception as: 1. [uncountable] (formal or technology) the way you notice things, especially with the senses 2. [uncountable] (formal) the ability to understand the true nature of something 3. [uncountable, countable] (formal) an idea, a belief, or an image you have as a result of how you see or understand something It defines Truth as: 1. the truth [singular] the…
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Attention! Deficit! Hyperactive! Disorder!
I wish I could say finding out I have ADHD made my life better, but not really, cause even if I now knew what what made me who I am, I didn’t really know how to come to terms with it or how to find workarounds for it. I did not have support, I did…
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The Five Stages of Grief
It was July, 2022 when my entire template of a life fell apart. My husband of 3 years left home, left me. I was shocked. I was left confused. I was heartbroken and I was determined I would fix it. After being treated so badly and so unkindly, I still wanted to fix it and…
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Oh, Things Have Changed…
My last post on here I had just gotten married, I was still in my 20s, and life seemed to be going in the right direction. I was on track for that happily ever after life I had always dreamed of, loving husband, our own home and kids down the line. The template that has…
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“I Do” and Everything That It Entails
Getting married seems a simple thing. Two people who are in love with each other decide to spend the rest of their lives together till death do them apart. Queue the evil laughter from somewhere above (or below) as the reality of a wedding sets in. Finding the right people to work with, finding a…