Author: Crinean
On homemade Valentine’s cards. It seemed like a good idea at the time…
I hate Valentine’s Day. Earlier in our relationship, when my husband would tell me it was a made-up holiday, this used to annoy me, “how unromantic” I would think. Now, I am in complete agreement. This is because what Valentine’s Day does not bring in jewelry, it makes up for by highlighting in spades my
Continue Reading...On the Fun Subject of Tears… how I hated them, begrudgingly learned to accept them, and now live peacefully with them (like the lady on top of this weird image).
I used to be a person who did not cry. People who don’t cry take great pride in their parched tear ducts as if the absence of appropriate emotional response is some Olympic accomplishment setting us apart from mere mortals, and not what it actually is: a sign of severe compartmentalization of feelings, likely the
Continue Reading...…An exploration into my own personal definition of insanity.
Some have said I have a tendency to overcommit. A mentor once made the observation regarding my proclivity to refuse the acceptance of my own limitations that when I set a goal I go blind to my limitations. Here are a few examples: Once I say I am going to do something I believe fully
Continue Reading...We All Have A Chronic Pain Condition: Life
After sharing an essay on my battle with a chronic pain condition, I was on a Facebook group for women who share the same diagnosis. One of the members posted some advice she recently received from her psychologist, a specialist in chronic pain, regarding acceptance: “She [psychologist] suggested I come to terms with, and be
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