Day 78: “Oh, Theater!”
The theater is a place
Where you can be someone else for a time
A moment
You can watch something serious
Or sad
Or funny
And be immersed in it
Real life? What’s that
The only real life is Mary Todd Lincoln’s obsession with cabaret and Abe Lincoln’s obsession with men and John Wilkes Booth’s obsession with Abe Lincoln
The theater is a magical place
Day 77: “So Fall Begins”
The start of September
To me
Is the start of fall
I’m marking the occasion
With some fall decorating
A pumpkin spice latte
A fall craft
And “Practical Magic”
Let’s celebrate
Day 76: “Dentist Diaries”
Ok, I’m not one to be afraid to go to the dentist
But as I was sitting there
Getting my gums scraped raw
And my teeth picked at like a vulture picking the bones clean of roadside vermin
I couldn’t help but think,
“I get it”
Day 75: “Bad News”
I got some bad news
I was living in delusional bliss
Believing my cat would live forever
Never leave me
But that is not the case
I’m not stupid
I know she won’t live forever
But I can’t accept
That she’ll leave me
I’m not ready
Fingers crossed today’s bloodwork tells a different story
Day 74: “Solutions-Based”
What to do if
You can’t focus
You want to scream
You’re tired
You feel like crying
You want to jump
You feel stuck
Caught up
Over it
You want to move
Leave it all behind
You can find the answers to all of those issues one of two ways
Visit your local coffee shop
Get a new tattoo
You’re welcome
Day 73: “Dishes”
My body is tired
But accomplished
Still have to do the dishes though
Really not looking forward to that
I’ll get to them
I swear
I’m just going to chill on my phone first
Day 72: “Yearning”
Ready for the fall
The leaves falling
A new color palette
That brings warmth, comfort
A cozy night in
Apple cider
The rain splattering outside
Watching “Coraline”
Feeling so much nostalgia it hurts
Can it please be fall already?
Day 71: “Reminders”
A back scratch
The mountains
A white purse
Porch swings
Fruit
Dominoes
Shirley Temple
Peanut M&Ms
Expired goods
Jokes
Eggshells
Ginger ale
Shih tzus
Motor homes
Cacti
White sandals
All things that remind me of my grandma
Day 70: “I’ll Be There For You”
When I turn on my tv
queue up “Friends”
and lay down on the couch,
it reminds me of a simpler time
coming home from school
watching the show with my mom
not understanding any of the innuendos
instead learning new words like
abysmal
except I thought it was a bysmal
like one bysmal
falling in love with the fashion
reluctantly agreeing that I’m a Monica
even though I always wanted to be a Rachel
now I’m proud to be a Monica
that’s growth
Day 69: “The Little Girl Who Couldn’t”
One thing about me
is I like to be unfair to myself
Well I don’t like to
But you’d think I do by how often I do it
Past me’s
are held to impossible standards
“You’re stupid,
Bad,
Terrible,
Because you didn’t know”
But what recently I learned, realized
is I couldn’t know
How would I know
if no one taught me
helped me
told me
So what was once tangible
Something I was on the cusp of
Should have
Done
Was now something impossible
Intangible
Far
Something I couldn’t have done
Which opens up the door for me
To forgive
Myself
Faking It Made 