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5 y/o: I made a cloud train! Mom, don’t you want to write a story about a cloud train?
Moths and moon phases: the perfect earrings for writing about creative cycles! (found @rockandartshop!) Which means I’m writing again! New blog post for the first time in nearly a year—link in my bio and I’d love for you to read it!
Show selfies from last weekend! Still processing how much I love this show and how to handle the fact that it’s over. And my umbrella was so damn perfect 😂
Post-show drinks! These people are amazing (and so is our show)!
Last night’s rehearsal was our first in the planetarium! Still hardly feels real that I get to do this (or that we open in ONE WEEK 😱)—this show is going to be so. Good.
Art is serious business!

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Tag: mental health

March 4, 2021March 1, 2021

Writing+new parenting=utter chaos

Kid #2 could arrive at any time and I’ll admit I’m panicking just a little. Can I do this and still write? Yes, I’ve been here and done this, but not with a three year old who needs me to be at least somewhat functional. And that first time around? I basically existed in trauma […]

Posted in Life, Writer Writing. Tagged advice, emotional health, mental health, newborn, parenting, writing, writing process. Leave a comment
January 30, 2016

Joelmas

So Kiri, my Seattle Roommate of Amazing Talent and Awesomeness, started Joelmas a few years ago after she lost her brother to depression. She explains it over on her vlog. In honor of her brother Joel, she has christened January 30 as Joelmas: a day to take for ourselves and no one else – or […]

Posted in Life. Tagged friends, joelmas, kiri callaghan, life, mental health, selfcare. Leave a comment
February 15, 2015

A Note On Breakdowns

A curious thing happened after my last post: I had friends and family checking up on me. Which is not to say I didn’t appreciate hearing from every single one of you. You are all amazing and I am honored that you care about me. Thank you for that. ♥ I almost chose not to […]

Posted in Life. Tagged avoidance, breakdown, emotional breakdown, emotional health, family, friends, love, mental health, shame, stigma, thank you. 7 Comments
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