Author: Shade

Background The prompt for this week was about dealing with the extreme heat and/or the struggles involved with extreme heat involving our pets. The prompt was at https://weeklyprompts.com/2022/08/17/weekly-prompts-wednesday-challenge-extreme-heat/ . My Post I went on vacation during 4th of July to visit my dad that lives in the southern part of Texas along with his family. … Continue reading Extreme Heat: Vacation Edition

Background This post is in response to a prompt written at https://weeklyprompts.com/2022/08/13/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-mirror/ where we’re supposed to talk about that whether through words, poetry or pictures. This is how I hope to revive this blog more since I’ve been struggling in my personal life which has effected my ability to write as often as I’ve wanted … Continue reading Re: Mirror Prompt (TW: self-harm mention)

The last week has been one of the largest emotional rollercoasters I’ve had in a long time. I was convinced I was about to lose my best friend because of our continual emotional problems that have caused us to have either conflict or just drifting apart because of the relationship focusing too much on our … Continue reading My Current Pain

When my best friend was planning her death a few months ago, which she is improving now, me and her sent letters to each other detailing how much we cared. I spent hours writing these letters and she did the same. I will never forget how I felt reading those and I refuse to take … Continue reading Mistake of 2022 for Me

This post is just a notice that I’ll be going on vacation starting tomorrow and won’t be posting again until Sunday, July 17th. I truly appreciate all of you that reguraly read my posts. As always thank you for reading and give me any ideas for posts that you would like to see from me. … Continue reading Vacation

It’s been a difficult year for me, and all of my family, with the various losses that we’ve all faced. I’ve lost 2/4 of my grandparents this year, my dad has started showing his own age, and my best friend has had many suicidal ideations and attempts in the last several months; it doesn’t need … Continue reading Life Insanity

It’s been such a difficult time with everyone that I’ve lost in the last months, but this change is stabbing at me all the time now. I know you have your reasons and I need to respect that; it doesn’t make it any harder. It’s hard when one second you tell me you are trying … Continue reading Hardest Night in Years (TW: Self-Harm)

I’m not someone that has always been deeply involved in politics, but I definitely have leaned to the left ever since I understood what the different sides were and what they stood for. While I recognize that Trump was not a true republican, he was still on the right and pushing for policies I disagree … Continue reading “Talk about your thoughts on Donald Trump.”

If I had to decide a person to win 50k from something I won, I would definitely, while it sounds cheesy, give that money to my father. My family has never been well off and my parents have been divorced since I was 3 years old and while my mother had legal custody, it was … Continue reading “You won 50k and have to give it away. Who would you give it to and why?”

When I was 5 years old, I started kindergarten and I was the quiet kid that didn’t speak much. I hadn’t been to pre-school and I had never been much of a talker even at home; I only really talked to my dad and when I was really talkative my sister. I was the kid … Continue reading Letter to an Old Friend