You were never what I expected and a welcomed gift just the same. You will forever be the year I received little I had wanted or planned yet, an abundance of what I needed. It has been a trial by fire. My spirit has been forged in ways I wouldn’t have, couldn’t ever have, even… Read More Dearest 2020
To be honest, I kinda wish the story had ended there. Hind sight I should have just gone home that day and booked my flights but I didn’t. I stayed in that vanilla groove life had seemingly created for me. I flirted, fantasized, and fully researched plane tickets and travel information. I read the website… Read More Adventuring to Cuba: part 2
In a small act of self-care I enrolled in couples therapy and a writing class on the same day. On that September afternoon, the golden light pouring through the ponderosa pine trees, I felt like a revolution had been started. My own personal revolution against letting life slip into the groove of what is easy.… Read More Adventuring to Cuba: part 1
“Art is the Ultimate Revolution” There are schools of therapy dedicated to this concept. The idea is that the further we get away from collective knowledge or collective order or perhaps collective understanding, the more healing is possible. The idea rolls around in my head often. Seeing society and culture as only a lens, holding… Read More Words from Cuba
I associate this phrase with gratitude and staying aware about what I have in life. But over the past week, this phrase has transformed into something different. With the year being 2020 and marinating in the idea of perfect vision and hindsight, I am finding that “you don’t know what you’ve got until it is… Read More You Don’t know What You’ve Got Until It Is Gone
Joella Long 