“Today I choose myself,” I said, lighting the candle on my altar. “Whatever that means!” Hi, reader. How you doing? Are you trying to create change in your life? I’m trying to end addictive cycles of self-hate. The self-hate is related to relationship and where I get my self-worth. I’ve been working on this for… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I love how apology transforms energy. This is part two to a post from last month called “what apology is for.” I’ve been thinking about magic words, like “thank you” and “I’m sorry.” Magic words play with trust and power, social concepts that I think about all day. Love… Read More »
Hello, reader–how you doing? Power in disabled relationships is something I think about every day. Recently I wrote about autistic relationships on my I Like Your Stims blog. It’s a huge topic, and I’m ready. I set out to talk about sensory-sensitive vs sensory-seeking autistic adults, but it turned into this whole other thing about… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’ve been writing about autistic relationships lately, and it made me realize that what I do when I’m alone affects my relationships greatly. This post is about how I’m bad at parallel play. list What do you do when you’re alone? I wouldn’t know– I’m not there. I assume… Read More »
Hey, reader. How are you doing? Last post I was talking about that internal memo googledoc of what I want done with my stuff when I die. And now I want to write the statement to be released at the time of my death as a final message. Yes! But why wait? I intend to… Read More »
Hey, reader. How are you doing? It’s getting cold here. Feels wintery once it’s in the 30sF. The mind turns to death. Ming’s had death on the mind, and I have too. I’m sorry if it’s scary. I’ve been wanting to write a goodbye letter– not that I intend to die soon, but surprises happen.… Read More »
Hey, reader. How you doing? Self-hate is an addictive process, and I’m trying to quit. I made myself a necklace with amethyst because I heard amethyst is good for addiction. Please keep me in your prayers for making choices that are in alignment with who I am. The necklace has a rainbow aspect. I’ve received… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? There’s a sign on my fridge–I made it to be kinder to Ming and for my own health and well-being. It says “That’s just language, please move on!” I made this sign to improve arguments with Ming. Often when we argue, it has to do with something Ming said… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? My favorite song lately is Man In the Sky. I thought you should hear it, if you haven’t already. It’s by my dreamy missing / deceased pretend girlfriend Connie Converse. It’s an old-timey song from before I was born. I like it because it’s about falling in love with… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Do you ever wear eye makeup? I want to tell you why I cry all the time. My chosen family member was putting on makeup for Halloween. It was for their costume–they were going as a girl. It’s funny because I tend to think of gender performance as costuming… Read More »