Edit: thank you sooo much to everyone for all the support! I REALLY appreciate your kind words and encouragement. I was originally determined to respond to every comment but I don’t think I’m going to be able to. Please know I appreciate you though!

I haven’t had a drink in 474 days. I stopped using cannabis 27 days ago. This is the longest time I’ve spent utterly sober since I was 16 (back in the 1980s!).

Today I went to my first AA meeting. As a neurodivergent woman with rampant social anxiet…

And I don't want to be that kind of person, neither have I imagined myself to be this way. Being so critical of my ex made me challenge the way I see myself, and I don't feel proud of myself. But ultimately, this challenges me to move on and heal out of a place of peace and forgiveness, not out of resentment.

With Holy Week approaching, I was thinking of sharing a short daily meditation from St. Thomas Aquinas. Nothing from me—just his wisdom—but I’d do my best to walk you through it and help you understand it. Would that interest you?

I refuse to be the kind of person who loses their mind over a delayed train or lets a spilled coffee set the tone for the whole day.

I want to be the one who stays composed, who sees the good even when things don’t go as planned. The kind of person who breathes through the little chaos and still finds beauty in how the day unfolds.

I want to be soft. I want to be steady.

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