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How I Found the Meaning of Life Watching Police Cam Footage
Lately I’ve been watching real-crime on YouTube. Various channels take police cam footage, put it together, and tell a story. In this footage, I often see people do something slightly wrong. A little speeding, a little misunderstanding at the airport ticket desk, a little argument. It starts with a ticket, a small fine, or asked…
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The Simple Joy of Breathing…
It sounds overly simplistic, because aren’t we breathing all the time? But no, we aren’t just breathing. We’re breathing and scrolling the phone. Or breathing and studying. Breathing and cleaning the house. Every now and then, I like to just sit and breathe… Nothing else. It’s a simple, free pleasure. It calms my mind and…
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The Mystery of My Father’s Murder
My biological father was murdered, and the killer was never found. TRIGGER WARNING: true crime details. For many years, my biological father was a mystery to me. My mother wasn’t married to him, and soon after I was born, my father dumped her. A few short months later, my mother had a new boyfriend. My…
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Why I’m No Longer Letting Extroverts Adopt Me As A Friend
You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. – Attributed to motivational speaker/author Jim Rohn And this is why I’ve stopped letting extroverts “adopt” me as a friend (as the old joke about introverts goes). How did it happen that someone as shy as me would always end up with a BFF…
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Mother’s Day is Just Around the Corner!
Mother’s Day used to be a day that I would ignore. My own mother was never very close to me. She drank a lot with her boyfriend, always riding the waves of being extremely intoxicated then hungover. Up and down she went, as far back as I can remember. But these days, Mother’s Day has…
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NOT Sharing My Story of Being Love Bombed and Dehumanized by a Family Member
Will I regret not sharing my story? Or… Would I have regretted it more if I shared it? The wounds are still fresh, and as they say: “Write from your scars, not your wounds.” According to Google Gemini: It means waiting to share a painful experience until you have processed it, gained perspective, and healed…
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The Power of Choosing to See Life in a New Way
I’m talking about perspective, not the law of attraction… although I can see how they overlap in certain places. I don’t have many good stories about my stepfather, but since he recently passed away and I’m still grieving, I thought I would share one story involving him. This story shaped my life. I was very…
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Today I Finally Understood Why God Feels So Scary: And How AI Helped Me See It Clearly
I was journaling in the morning, and had a big Aha! moment. Everyone is still asleep when I wake up, so I took my new insight to my favorite AI to see what I could glean from it. What happened next was… pretty interesting! 💎 Me: I’m still so hungry for self-care, a little breathing…
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What I Learned During That Strange and Difficult Time
Where I live, the changes made are no longer in place. I can’t think of one rule or expectation that stuck around after all of… that. I did learn something extremely important during that isolating, uncertain, and strange time: To give my life meaning, no matter what. Right before the pandemic, I did some traveling,…
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Relief CAN Be Part of Grief
My stepfather (86) was in and out of the hospital for much of 2025. In 2026, his health took a turn for the worse. Because he denied hospice, he was suffering. A lot. For weeks, my mom would text me that he was at the hospital and would not make it. Then a couple of…