Category: Life
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I recently posted about one day seeing my book on a shelf. “One can dream, can’t he?” It was meant to be a light, half-joking wink. But the truth is, there’s always that moment after I post something like that where I think, What if this is embarrassing? What if this is delusional? What exactly…
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There are certain books and movies that soothe and satiate the soul. Back to the Future is the one movie I’ll put on any time if I’m down and seeking comfort. It transports me back to my childhood, and the familiar dialogue and plot leaves no room for anxiety. It’s delightfully predictable. That’s the neurodivergent’s elixir.…
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I don’t know why this intrinsic urge exists within me to manipulate language and put words into the world. It’s in my id, my deepest instinctual being. And at this time of uncertainty, pain, and muddled clarity, it’s all I can do to make it to my next breath. When I inhale, it’s to imbibe…
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When I wrote this line in my blog post yesterday morning I had no idea how true it would become for me that day. Without getting into specifics, let’s just say my life was turned upside down. And not in the life nourishing, growth stimulation way. In the “let’s throw every sharp object around at…