Exhausted and Busy

I’m resurfacing briefly to let you all know (those who are still reading… ) that I am still wanting to blog, have even started some posts. But things are pretty crazy. Plus, for school I’ve got reflective journals to do so I feel like I’m doing what I’d normally do here somewhere else [...]

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Random Thoughts

Sometimes I sell myself short, and I’m hard on myself.  The lessons I am learning on a day to day basis are this: Not to sell myself short, to speak — out loud — positive words about myself (even when alone), to recognize when others are speaking falsely and to not own those false words [...]

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Processing Adoption Questions

Metaphorically speaking, close your eyes for a moment. You’re barely 19 years old, single and you’ve just taken a pregnancy test. And it’s positive. What would you do? How would you feel? What would your choices or actions be?  I, to be honest, have never considered what must have been going through my birth mother’s [...]

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An Explanation of a Conversation…

There’s been a lot going on.  It’s been quite evident by my posts recently, and I’m working through a lot of different things: relationship roller coasters, injuries, family stuff and losing my grandma.  But there’s been things I’ve been trying to work through that I haven’t yet described in detail. Part of that was I [...]

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Sharing My Choices

Careful with sharing. Needing to talk about something that could open a giant can of worms. Taking a risk. These ideas open me up to a risk of rejection. There’s fear there.  For the last few weeks I have realized that I needed to open up a conversation with my family.  That’s not a bad [...]

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Choosing life and Family

Before I start to write what’s on my mind, I want to point out that I’m not interested in starting a debate, or a flame war.  I also don’t want to stifle others opportunity to express themselves, so if you have comments you’re welcome to share them.
So what’s the topic? Abortion and Choices.
I think that [...]

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Identity and Names

I’m not even sure where to begin with what I want to write. Thoughts that have been going around my mind and are connected to this post.  Am I who I am regardless of what someone calls me?  I’m not talking about teasing, or calling a person ‘names’. I mean literally, someone’s name. We all [...]

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