A Recovering Perfectionist Finds Joy

It’s been a difficult morning. A difficult month, actually. Nothing special, just the general busyness of work and life. Lots of appointments and medical things going on, all important, all worthwhile, but taxing. And it’s catching up with me. At times like these, I often hear the voice of the Perfectionist bellowing in my ear: […]

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The Grief of Cancelled Plans

I look into the empty starless night, The blackened expanse reflecting The void in my own heart.  The place where gatherings, meals, Conversation, laughter, exchanges of gifts Should have lived.  Now disappointment reigns— The disappointment of cancellation After cancellation,  Where plans were made, Postponed, And cancelled again.  Not for unwillingness or indecision, But for illness, […]

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