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Author: Celenia Delsol
What is my "Why?" In other words, why blog?
At first, my "why?" was because my son had died by suicide and I was, understandably, a hot mess. I needed to tell his story as well as my story of loss. I needed to get a conversation going about loving someone with mental health challenges, losing that someone, facing my own mental health challenges (especially in light of this life trauma), and moving forward with my own life.
Years have passed and, looking back, I can say it was a one-day-at-a-time progression. Gradually, painfully, I felt myself moving towards a new normal through my writing. I also came to see that speaking publicly in this blogosphere about my (and Julian's) experiences, might be of service to others who were struggling.
Then, six years after Julian died, I got the cancer diagnosis. And I wondered, "Seriously? More shit?" But it turned out that a lot of the tools and systems I used and even mistakes I had made, seemed applicable to this new loss of my once-cancer-free self. There was a grieving involved with cancer as well!
And it just so happened that there was an audience for my writing, people who could not only relate, but benefit from what I had to share.
That is my "why?" and that is how "Leaning Into A New Normal" came to be.
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Another Diagnosis
I set myself up with my smart phone, laptop and a cup of tea. When the phone rings, I hit "speaker" and poise my hands
Folding Fitted Sheets
We’re friends now. Friends without benefits. At least, not that kind. We are movie buddies. She sometimes cooks; I clean up afterwards. We pet-sit each
Notes To Self
Breathe. Breathe again. Keep breathing. Keep coming back to the breath, to the awareness, to the mindfulness and consciousness. Breathe to blow away the reactivity
Eclipse
It was a good day. The country united in awe, Remembering how insignificant we are in the Universal scheme of things. A rare event,
Exposure
The light of day, fresh air, a witness – this is what depression requires if it is to be quelled. It cannot be hidden
Fades To Black
Author’s Note: A wise person once said, “If it doesn’t hurt, it wasn’t love.” At first I thought you lied. Betrayal! And then I
Truth
The truth has fallen prey to narcissism and ego. Once it was a beacon, bright, proud and forever. Now “alternate facts” place truth in a
What Is My “Why?”
What is my “Why?” In other words, why do I bother to bare my soul in these blog posts? What does it matter? Who cares?
Drowning Islands
I enter “Marshall Islands” into the Google Maps search function. At first, the islands look like a little bracelet made of long bones floating in
Discombobulation
It’s in the air. A feeling of things not proceeding the way they’re supposed to, of no longer being able to expect what we used
I Remember You
I don’t remember what your favorite color was. I don’t know that I ever knew. But I do remember the day we shared raspberry popsicles that
