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multifarious miscellany · 3W ago

the girl with the lotus tattoo

“Never say never, but never say when, either.” This was the answer I gave when I was asked yesterday how long it would be until I got my next tattoo, having just finished getting my first one. About ten years ago, I was asked what I’d get if I were to ever get a tattoo. [...]
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multifarious miscellany · 2M ago

it’s never lupus*

“What can I do to help?” I never knew how stressful a polite question could be until nearly every conversation I had with somebody ended (or started) with that question. I appreciate that people at least appear to want to help in some way, but I honestly don’t know what to say in response. It’s [...
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multifarious miscellany · 3M ago

good enough christian?

Faith. Spirituality. Religion. God. There’s a certain synchronicity going on between the two churches I attend. Both are, in essence, teaching about the grandiosity of God’s greater plan for us. We are all part of a greater story, one that we have been purposefully written into, while still writing
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multifarious miscellany · 4M ago

what do I recover?

With drug addiction, you hear that you can recover and reclaim your former self, the person you were before you started using. With other psychiatric illnesses, getting rid of symptoms means you’re more or less back to “yourself.” But what if you simply don’t have a solid self to return to — if the
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multifarious miscellany · 4M ago

some traditions are meant to be broken.

Every year around the beginning of December, my husband puts Christmas lights up outside. It’s a fun little tradition, and I like coming home at night to see the lights all aglow. Before all that happens, I do my annual Black Friday shopping (yes, I’m one of those people). I guess in order to call s
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multifarious miscellany · 10M ago

don’t get rid of the cat

You know what bugs me about obsessive-compulsive disorder? The pop cultural usage of the term to describe a person’s finicky preferences. Only using purple plates because you like purple and not yellow doesn’t mean you have OCD. It means you like purple over yellow. Now, if you only use purple plate
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multifarious miscellany · 10M ago

shibas are clearly misunderstood.

We just got back from a five day camping trip. There were lots of dogs at the campground, and plenty of dog loving people. As we were walking Dakota, there were several comments along the lines of “Aww, look at the puppy!” and “He’s so cute!”. One person correctly identified him as a Shiba, but [...
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multifarious miscellany · 10M ago

altar anniversary

This morning I posted the following tweet: I love @becker64 so much that I married him twice. Happy Altar Anniversary, honey! Love you <3— Ami (@beckami) June 30, 2011 Yes, you read that correctly. My husband and I got married twice. The “real” anniversary is in October. We were married at my parent
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multifarious miscellany · 11M ago

it’s baaa-aaaaack…

The past week and a half or so has been… decent. My mood was up, my anxiety and depression levels were down, I had productive days, and I even had some interest in doing something artsy-crafty. I was completely blown away by an unexpected blessing, spent time with friends and family, went away for a
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multifarious miscellany · 11M ago

build a bridge and get over it

I have the right to experience my own feelings. Sounds like that should be a no-brainer statement, right? Everybody should be able to exercise this right. Unfortunately, the sad reality isn’t quite the case. We belittle each other because of the differences in our opinions about trivial matters, and
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