I lost my dad in 2010 and my mother in 2016. In 2016, 8 months before my mother past away we lost Anna. Anna started working for our family before I was born and in many ways, she was my second mother. I wrote about my grief in a post in 2018. Apparently, I wasnt …
Year: 2022
Processing Grief: Clearing the space for Little Anjezë
(Reading time is approximately 25 min Hello all So I was searching through my 196 poems trying to figure out which one next? Neurotic Angel, of course, was demanding that I find a happy one. “Gees you need to lighten the mood a bit! If you are not careful you are going to lose half …
The Parts of Me
(Written 14th March 2021) I was lying in bed Struggling to get up This overwhelming feeling My heart is shut Anxiety has gripped me Badly this week Poetry has been hiding Refusing to speak Most days I struggle To even meditate I’ve cried so much It’s hard to regulate So, I crawl back into bed …
Anxiety
Hello all, So, on re-editing the old posts that I found in my “Post Graveyard” I found myself a wee bit confused. Wow! I sounded so happy! I said things like “Life was great” and “I have so much to be grateful for“. I just sounded so dam fucking perky! I found a huge part …
The one about the wedding dress…(Continued)
Hello all, I know, I know it feels like Christmas. 3 posts in one week! After 2 years of deathly silence, even I am in shock! Anyway, so my story continues with me now still owning two ‘bloodied’ wedding dresses that I cannot exchange AND apparently I still need to pass “Assertiveness Skills 101!” I …
People-Pleasers Anonymous
Hello All, I realize I said I was going to post one post a month, but then again, when have I EVER been consistent with my words? Truth be told I currently have covid and I’m bored shitless. So I am using the time to productively scour through my graveyard of “Unpublished posts” ….. what …
“I didn’t want to be rude!”
Hello all, So I found a couple of old posts that I wrote in 2020, (and then never posted!) I kinda figured I need to post them first before I continue with my poems….(for continuity’s sake!;-) This particular experience was such a huge life lesson for me… I got to watch firsthand how I continually …
I’m back!
Hello all, I know it’s been a while! In fact, it’s been exactly two years since my last post in 2020 which, incidentally, I also posted on my birthday (Yes, it’s today!) 47 and counting… Happy Birthday me!!!! 🙂 To be honest I am not even sure where or how to start this post. At …