Tag Archive for letting go

Letting Go Of Fake Cheese

1 October 2013 / / 2 comments

I am frugal and stubborn. Close family and friends will immediately and passionately agree.

Fake cheese

Fake cheese

I spend two weeks deciding whether to buy socks and I use items until they fall apart. This also means many times in my personal and work-life, I’ve ignored signs for me to end something before it gets worse. But I don’t. Despite every indication from my intuition, I hang on for dear life.

Thus it was incredibly difficult for me to throw away what is arguably the world’s most hideous food item:

Parmesan topping.
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A Letter To My Enemy

21 April 2013 / / One comment

This is a Letter to my Cellulite

Cellulite, things have to change. Before you were easy to forget, hiding back there hitching a ride on my thighs. For years, I let you hang with me, feel privileged, but now I am done with you. YOU have aged me. YOU make me look older. I have a YOUNG face but OLD thighs.

I can’t even remember when you and I first got together. You pretty much snaked your way into my life. I know your cousin “stretch marks” first came into my life when I was 10. I wasn’t even fat. I was the shortest and smallest kid in my class. When did YOU start poking around? Must have been high school during sophomore year.

Running to win. Running from cellulite. Just running.

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Misty Water Colored Memories

10 March 2013 / / 3 comments

Lately, my power of memory has been incredible. It’s not that I’m suddenly remembering vivid and strong details of a person, place, or thing from my childhood. It’s as though times and events in my life that I thought were buried or unimportant are suddenly happening with ferocity and drama right now.

The romantic relationships that were not an emotional big deal when they were happening are suddenly the most important relationships ever. The medical issue that ended up okay is now a trauma. The emotions of a marriage and divorce a couple years ago are as raw as though they’re occurring this week. The toxic workplace and coworkers are back at this very moment.

To some extent, everyone goes through this.
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