Happy New Year! These are our family photos from early December 2023! I was determined—so help me, we would have our traditional family photos for Christmas cards. We used Paul’s phone and a tripod and TADA! Nearly everyone complained the whole time, and it was freezing cold, but I regret nothing!!! They’re beautiful. These kids … More Happy New Year! Welcome, 2024!
The hot chocolate wasn’t actually hot. It was more like chocolate water put in the microwave for thirty seconds. It also had a funky, metallic aftertaste, like it’d been microwaved in a can and the can had caught fire and melted a little. But the whipped cream made it drinkable. … More Track Three
I couldn’t help but see the elevator as very smug and quite pleased with itself, as if it had something to do with everything that had just happened. I decided it was allowed to believe that, and said a quiet “thank you” to it as we got on. … More Track Two
I will never forget the first moment I met him. How could I? It was my darkest hour. … More Track One
It’s not your fault. I’m here to tell you as many times as you need to hear it: this trauma that happened to you—it is not your fault. People are responsible for their own behavior. Sometimes, when trauma occurs, we internalize it. We think it says something about us—that there’s something wrong with us. But … More It’s Not Your Fault, and I Stole Some Cognitive Processing Therapy Exercises
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