

Monday Musings: Remains to be Found
This week I am discussing my poem Remains to be Found. Like many of my other poems, this poem has themes strongly tied to life, death and...


Chronic Illness Playlist: Real Friends' "To: My Old Self"
The song I chose for this week is called To: My Old Self by Real Friends. This song describes quite well the doubt and anguish I feel...


Monday Musings: Mourning Morning Dove
This Monday I will be discussing my poem Mourning Morning Dove. I wrote this poem around the same time I wrote A Child's Lament, so it...


Chronic Illness Playlist: Paramore's "Last Hope"
In continuing my chronic illness playlist idea, I want to discuss Paramore's Last Hope. Paramore is one of my all time favorite bands, I...


Bonus Musing: Freshly Recruited: Nature Abides
I meant to discuss this poem when I discussed my poem Nature Is because it is a short one that has similar themes. The title itself,...


Monday Musings: A Child's Lament (over losing her father)
I am back with another musing for Monday. This week I want to discuss my poem A Child's Lament (over losing her father). As you may have...
Chronic Illness Playlist: Sia's"Bird Set Free"
So I have been toying around with this idea where I will take a song and deconstruct it and relate it to living with chronic illness. I...
Monday Musings: Nature Is
It's Monday again and you know what that means, a new insight into one of my poems! This week I am discussing my poem Nature Is. Nature...


An October Night's Painsomnia
When you have chronic pain often times you find yourself not being able to sleep due to said pain. This is referred to by the chronic...


Narcolepsy Test: Just another day in the life of a person with chronic illness.
This is me looking super hot this morning during my sleep study (to test for narcolepsy). Tests like these are very common place for me...