Most people I’m in direct communication with are kind of enjoying having the order to stay home, thanks to our new popular friend Corona. As one of the most introverted of introverts, I like it too. In theory. Heck, I’m living my very best life. In theory. Yet here in the real world, by the […]
Author: thingsarelovely
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ponder how I got here. Growing up, I was always the shy girl. The one who never caused problems or got into trouble. I tried my best to act polite and do what was expected of me without having to be asked. I was at church every week and […]
The stiff half-frozen grass cuts into my bare feet like ten thousand knives. Too much has unraveled to turn back now. I keep running, stifling more coughs as my lungs work overtime on the cold night air. Flashes of light illuminate the darkness; a series of bangs hurls me into a nose-dive at the ground. My head erupts […]
While in high school, I spent so much time asking myself why is this so important that eighty-something percent of us feel like it’s something we need to do? To counterbalance, I tried to make myself believe that I only felt such frustration with it because it was a pain to deal with at that […]
It always boggles my mind a little when I hear about words that exist in other languages that don’t directly translate into English because there’s simply no English word for them. Komorebi ~ Japanese for sunlight filtering through trees Greng-jai ~ Thai for when you don’t want someone to go through all the trouble of […]
I’ve been wrapped up with researching family genealogy stuff lately. I’m a complete beginner in this little hobby and am paying for no website memberships or services, yet my mind is boggled by the stuff that’s out there. How the internet can be used for literally everything, including discovering random relatives from hundreds of years […]
I can say, with a good bit of confidence, that I like who I am as a person right now more than I have since before middle school. I feel like me. Not only do I know who I am, but I feel comfortable enough to be her. There are still moments where I fall […]
Aaaand we’re back up and running! It’s only taken me a month, but I finally got my website host transferred elsewhere, which ended up being very intimidating, but also very doable. Turns out most of my issues were with behind-the-scenes problems with my previous host, which added a lot of extra whattheactualheckwhyaren’tyouworking moments, but hey. […]
I went to a new church this week. A friend had recommended it to me, so I decided to try it out. I went by myself, and I didn’t know a soul there. When you’re as shy/introverted as I am, this is a pretty big thing. Churches are tricky for me. I have a good […]
Hey, guys. So, uh, I’m kinda back from dropping off the face of the earth. This has been one of the oddest years of my life, and I’m still trying to wrap my head around it all. Still trying to find all the lessons tucked in the seams that stitch it together. Trying to learn […]