the final post
When I started this blog, I saw it as an extension of self. I didn't see its end -- but here we are. In my first post, I shared this quote from a past supervisor: "Find your happy; the rest will come. The rest will come." It's not all here yet, but it's begun to appear. For two-and-a-half years, this blog has served as a vessel for stories. A ship to take you all on a journey of mine. For that, I'm grateful. But it hasn't all been great. Now that I'm healthier and happier, I see that perhaps this blog could have been called, "When you give a girl untreated bipolar disorder and a self-medicating substance abuse problem." That's where most of the stories came from -- and they can't anymore. Yes, I too loved the trips, the planned travels across the state and the spontaneous vacations to Colorado and Las Vegas and Wyoming and South Dakota. I liked learning about relationships, despite the countless heartbreaks (most famously the relatio...