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What healing means to me
{cw: Violence mentioned} Someone asked me on my Ask Me Anything – talk to me Tuesday IG story what healing means to me. Such a good question, and it made me pause. I guess I haven’t spent too much time thinking about what it means to me.
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Valentine’s Day Joy
I had the loveliest Valentine’s Day! For many years prior Valentine’s Day has been hard because it really makes me miss my mom. I can’t believe it’s been 16 Valentine’s Days without her. She used to always make it so special for me and buy me chocolate covered strawberries every year. Even though I was…
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Full Moon Ritual
I love a good ol’ full moon! I plan on doing the most beautiful, life changing rituals each time one is coming, but a lot of the time it ends up like this for me:
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Rituals
“A ritual is a way of behaving or a series of actions that people regularly carry out in a particular situation, because it is their custom to do so.”
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How to find Queer Joy ❤️🔥
It can be tough to be a queer person in this world. While society has made such great improvements in many areas, we still hear so much negativity all the time. Not to mention that people are still literally losing their lives over being queer. It’s a lot to take in. No wonder it can…
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I’ve got a big heart, and I’m not afraid to use it…
So, Mother’s Day just passed. I hope everyone had a neutral day at the very least. If it was great, even better! For me, it’s a tough day… which is to be expected for someone who is both Motherless and Childless.
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Who is your anchor?
I’ve been thinking a lot about my mom as an anchor. Someone who tethered me into this world. When I didn’t know who I was, I could always look to her and be reminded. She knew me since before I was born, but she really knew me. You know some other people aren’t really seen…
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2022 recap!
Found these awesome question prompts from @the.love.therapist and wanted to share my answers. Maybe this would be good to reflect on in your own journal too! It’s not too late!!! 😉
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Merry & Bright
My girlfriend and I got a very small Christmas tree and displayed a picture of me and my mom right next to it. Christmas 1989, I think. Yes, I’ve talked a lot about my fancy holiday grief lately. It started pretty early this year. I did my best to sit with my grief and let…
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Unexpected Tears
My mom introduced this band to me. She bought the CD and played it for me in her honda civic. It must have been around 2003, three years before she died. She loved The Used, and because it came from my mom I thought “meh… whatever…”
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Xo Megan Ashley 