UNDER THE WILL… OVER THE DRAMA…

Category: Life

  • The Sign That Broke Me (And Saved Me)….

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    Fk the Sign – And Pass Me a Megaphone…. You know those moments in life where something small and stupid happens, like Bully putting up a petty, passive-aggressive sign, and for some reason, it’s that thing that pushes you over the edge? Yeah. That was me. That damn sign is still there, by the way.…

  • The Stranger at the Wake – Part 3…

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    The Stranger at the Wake – Part 1 The Stranger at the Wake – Park 2 The Night of Strange Alliances… It’s taken me a while to be able to write this one. Some things stick in your throat no matter how much time passes. And this part… this one stuck. After the wake, the…

  • The Best Revenge: Sanity in the Face of Family Madness…

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    The Best Revenge: Sanity in the Face of Family Madness (aka: Why I Didn’t Set Anyone on Fire Today)… There’s a special kind of madness that only family can trigger.You know the one, where grown adults behave like petty teenagers, gaslight you for sport, and make you question whether you’ve somehow walked into a badly-written…

  • The Blind Dog and the Blind World…

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    I’m sitting here this morning looking at Heff, the old, blind, diabetic dog who has absolutely no idea he’s old, blind, or diabetic. It’s been seven months now since his world went completely dark, and in that time, he’s somehow learned every inch of this house. He knows where the food is, where his bed…

  • REAL TALK: The Crazy One…

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    There’s one in every family, isn’t there?The one who makes people roll their eyes at gatherings.The one whose name gets brought up in whispered conversations followed by, “Sure you know what she’s like.” That’s me. I’ve done every so-called “woo woo” thing I could get my hands on.Taught numerology.Ran weekly meditation groups in front rooms…

  • What’s Really Wrong With Them?

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    What’s Really Wrong With Them? A Spiritual Look at Narcissists and the Soulless Walking Wounds Among Us… I’ve talked a lot lately about narcissists – the gaslighting, the manipulation, the lies, the endless games. The walking disasters dressed up in charm and self-pity. But beyond the psychology textbooks and TikTok therapy trends, I’ve been sitting…

  • The Wondrous World of Spiritual Beliefs..

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    The Wondrous World of Spiritual Beliefs: A Sarcastic Exploration Welcome to the Cosmic Coffee Shop Pull up a chair, dear reader. Grab your herbal tea, adjust your crystals, and maybe light a lavender-scented candle – because we’re about to take a meandering, mildly inappropriate, and completely unrequested journey through the strange and sparkly world of…

  • Trusting Your Inner Compass…

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    Trusting Your Inner Compass: How I Learned to Follow My Gut… From the moment I was a child, I never quite fit the mold. I was the kid asking too many questions, poking at the edges of what was ‘acceptable,’ and generally making everyone – including our parish priest a bit uncomfortable. But beneath all…

  • How Does Someone Like Me Survive All This BS?

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    Raw. Reflective. With a Dash of Gallows Humor… Some mornings I wake up and think: ‘How in the name of God am I still standing?’ I didn’t ask to be in a family feud. I didn’t ask to be gaslighted, stonewalled, lied to, or dragged through years of probate purgatory. And yet – here I…

  • Whispers Through the Stone…

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    Whispers Through the Stone: Remembering What Was Never Forgotten… There are places in this world that feel older than time. You can sense it the moment you arrive – the air thick with stories, the earth humming a steady, ancient note beneath your feet. Newgrange is one of those places. A mound of stone and…