Malcolm and I don't usually celebrate Valentine's Day. For us, it's more of an excuse to eat chocolate (though I don't need an excuse, and neither do you!) and go for a mid-week date. Every now and then we'll give each other cards, but it hardly ever gets more serious than that. We tend to …
For my birthday, I usually like to throw parties or plan fun events. Celebrating birthdays was the thing when I was in my twenties. Big parties, lots of drinks, lots of fun and chicanery. Even last year when I was feeling not so well, I wanted to see all of my friends, so I planned …
Growing up, I was uncomfortable with hugging. It felt too personal and vulnerable. And I felt very pressured into awkward embraces with adults. As a young adult, that feeling carried over into my relationships with friends, coworkers, and family. Physical touch was jarring and weird which widened the gap between myself and everyone else. I …
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{^^^This was me the week I started the blog!} The seven year anniversary of this blog happened earlier this week. When I look back on where I was, how I was when I started this blog, I am in awe. This blog began as a travel blog because my dream job then was to be …
TW: discussion of fat-phobia This feels too personal to share. Maybe I shouldn't. But who would I be if my motto wasn't "if it feels too personal to share, I'm on the right track"? Usually I'm eager to share to maybe help someone feel less alone in this weird, messy existence. I suppose this feels …
This past month has been hard. Since Thanksgiving, I have steadily crawled deeper and deeper under the rock of depression. Therapy's been gut-wrenching. And then my sweet uncle died from Covid in the morning on December 16th alone in the hospital. I wrote about it on my Instagram account: maegoeswestblog if you want to read …
I haven't written in some time because the sheer trepidation and anxiety the election evoked in me, and many others I know, took up all my brain/emotional space. I found out while Colm and I were at Target for his eye appointment when a coworker texted me crying emojis. I immediately opened my news app …
A few haikus to knock down spider webs in my head: Pineapple, so sweetGold oddity, a jewelCuriously barbed. Crisp leaves a crunching, Bursts of wind send them twirling, The dance of rebirth. Teeth mangled and sharp, A strange glow comes from within,A jack o' lantern. The moon floats on high, Shinning, illuminatingConducting the tide. Seeds …
