I have been neglecting my blog space of late. I have been preoccupied with my memoir, my passion project. Writing it is tearing me open but allowing me to feel and process things I thought I had dealt with long ago. There is no finish line when it comes to healing I'm afraid. Making progress sure feels good though. I thought I might share an excerpt of it here - just to show anyone who is interested what I've been writing, what kind of writing style I'm using, and how very vulnerable I'm being. I truly don't see this as a "book deal, going to get properly published" kind of project, as I feel the only people who would be interested in reading it would be people who actually know me, but that's not my goal. I'm writing it for me. It's all still very much in first-draft form, including the part I am going to share here, I know I have a lot of work to do, but I feel pulled to put some here, to share what I'm doing and what is taking up...
DOING: Finally making time to sit and write a blog post. It's been a while. It's been a long time since I've done a happenings post, too. I have been doing more journaling than most other writing lately, I never seem to know where to start. HEARING: Reid is watching "Kingdom", basically his dream fighting show (he does Kyokushin - full contact karate) on Netflix and I can hear that in the background. I have been listening to some really great Podcasts lately too. "The Deep" by Zoe Marshall is possibly my favourite of all time. "Emsolation" by Em Rusciano is hilarious and wonderful. I've also been listening to Hedley Thomas' new one, called "The Night Driver" which is good, but no "Teacher's Pet". DRINKING: My answer to this question never changes haha. My mornings are filled with coffee. I drink mostly just water after that, occasionally herbal tea. Sauvignon Blanc remains on regular rotation. Now th...