I lose myself sometimes. • Like the Hatter says to Alice, I lose my muchness. • I forget what it’s like at the top of the rabbit hole because I am so busy looking up I cannot see how far I have already come and that I am almost out on the other side of…
Author: NJ
Airless Breath
But how? How is it that you, mylove, are the deepest breath and the harshest exhale all at one time? Standing next to you is the first time I breathe. All day. Yet somehow there doesn’t seem to be enough air in the room. I sigh in relief at the feeling of your skin on…
Balance: An Act of Perfect Imbalance
They say life is all about finding balance. Work-life balance, love-life balance, just balance. What we fail to realize is that balance is in fact an act of perpetual imbalance. I found myself on the lower side of that this week, feeling the weight of everything around me sitting solely on my shoulders; the weight…
Just Another Magic Monday ✨
Aladdin’s magic lamp, an enchanted rose, a a glass slipper that should have disappeared at midnight, a spindle of a spinning wheel, or a poison apple. For better or worse these magical items were ordinary objects until someone extraordinary touched them. A genie, an enchantress, a fairy godmother, an evil queen, and a sea witch….
Failure is Success 🤯
Everyone loves the saying: Imagine what you could do if you could not fail. But I’ve always been on the fence about this quote. It never quite resonated with me. I didn’t really understand until very recently. On failure: In the words of Thomas Edison, “I just found 1000 ways that won’t work.” I think…
Hard to Love
Tongue dipped in silver. Sharp like a bladed edge. I am hard to love. Sighs slicing blindly through air. Sharp like whispers down church pews as the “other woman” walks down the aisle. I am the other woman. My head held as high as my heels. Clack on the varnished floors. Varnishing my exterior to…
Goals & Gratitude
It’s easy to get overwhelmed and forget where to start. Or more importantly where you start-ED. I wake up every day with the intention to chase a goal, to chase a dream. And some days life gets in the way. Like today. Today I got pulled over and learned my registration for my car had…
She
You are either on her side, by her side, or in her way. She knows in order to achieve her greatest expression she must embrace her demons. She would rather struggle than be stagnant. She is sharp, with a witty tongue that tends to get her in trouble. She will always choose her own path…
Itsy Bitsy Ipsy, Oops She’s Sorry?
It’s no secret that my relationship with my mother has been a rocky one. I can spend YEARS describing the trials and tribulations, the roller coaster ride, the *any metaphor you can think of* that has been our everyday for almost 30 years now. And maybe one day, in my wildest dreams where I’m an…
The Missadventure Chronicles 