The day I dread the most is coming up. And no matter what I do to try to stop time, and stop this awful day from coming, I can’t. It will still happen. I will relive that day, over and over again in my mind. Like a broken record that repeatedly plays. Even if my... Continue Reading →
Anxiety is waking up in the morning, feeling like you’ve been hit by a train. It’s struggling to get out of bed, struggling to get ready for work. Anxiety is when you don’t want to get in your car and make the commute to work, because you don’t want to be alone in your car... Continue Reading →
It’s been awhile, almost a year since I’ve last wrote. My writing was part of my therapy, part of putting my words, thoughts and feelings down on a screen. Acknowledging that this is my life now, that this is the real deal. I’m not dreaming, I am very much living in this nightmare. Still, after... Continue Reading →
It's 2:00 AM. I can't sleep. I'm afraid to sleep. I'm afraid to close my eyes. I'm afraid of what will when happen when I do. I'm afraid of having another dream of you dying. I've had two of these dreams, in the past week. They've shaken my soul. Survivor's guilt. Sibling guilt. I've read... Continue Reading →
A sign. That's all I'm asking from you. A sign that you are okay. That you are in peace finally. The closet thing I've gotten from you are my dreams. I constantly dream of you. Small signs that you are okay. I can only take this as you trying to tell me things. I've written... Continue Reading →
Everything is grey. Everything has been grey since you left. The sky. The grass. The clouds. The world. Grey. I’d do anything to feel the color again. Anything to feel except numbness. That’s all I’ve felt since you left us. Numbness. The pain seems to turn into feeling numb. The extreme emotional and physical pain... Continue Reading →
The Girl with the Dinosaur Tattoo 