As I am close to the time I first came out to my family, looking back feels both like yesterday and forever ago. I remember handwriting those notes to both my parents and, feeling my heart trying to claw its way out of my chest as I handed them out that evening. As they sat there in the kitchen reading my notes, the silence choked me. My head was swimming and all I could think of was, “I hope they don’t hate me.” I am happy to report, that they did not hate me. I feel, personally, that given the set of circumstances, theirs and mine’s lack of proper knowledge and, maybe it just not sinking ful ..read more

As someone who is on the neurodivergent spectrum, I often am faced with a lot of challenges in my daily life and one of those happens to be time blindness. Where, at points in my life it feels like I’m racing down a rollercoaster and the months fly by but, other times it feels like a quick moment can become an eternity. So actively saying, 8 years out loud, leaves me feeling like I have an odd taste in my mouth and brain. When I look back at the things I’ve wanted to accomplish and where I thought I’d be in my life, I just feel so angry. 8 years have gone by come February of next year. In thos ..read more

Well… Hello there! Life happens ya know? Just straight up, get in the groove and forget your computer exists and then you go to write and you’re like, holy crap I’m trash! It’s been well over a year but I’m still alive and kicking! So there’s that. Bringing with me an update on my chest. I’m still madly in love with it. Can’t begin to express the feeling of freedom I STILL get not having to put on that godforsaken binder. Especially in this heat wave we’re having. So to kind of recap, Have great sensation on my right side. Hot, cold, feels pretty much ‘normal’ so to speak, like it was before ..read more