Personal writing · Oct 19, 2026
Safe Food
Why my son’s grilled cheese needs that brown bread, why repetition is not entitlement, and why expanding a restricted diet should not mean taking away what already works.
Reflections · Fragments · Miscellany
Multifarious
Writing that wanders: personal reflections, experiments, and pieces that do not need to fit neatly inside a single subject.
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Personal writing · Oct 12, 2026
Weird AF Brain, Still Figuring It Out
Two missed days, a 3 a.m. sciatic complaint, two familiar audiobooks, and the slowly learned skill of returning without declaring the pause a failure.
Personal writing · Oct 4, 2026
Stretching for When You’re No Longer 20
One missed night of stretching, one very angry sciatic nerve, and the small, boring movements that keep my body functional.
Personal writing · Oct 1, 2026
Where Do I Fit? Functioning, Mothering, and Not Abandoning
Trying to understand a brain full of overlapping patterns while mothering, guiding family, and learning not to abandon myself.
Personal writing · Sep 24, 2026
The Numberblocks Takeover
Numberblocks took over our living room—but also became a bridge into maths, motor skills, pretend play, conversation, and confidence.
Personal writing · Sep 19, 2026
“No, We’re Not in the Same Class. But We’re All Friends.”
After months of planning my son’s first proper birthday party, the moment that mattered most came from six-year-olds explaining the simplest truth: they were all friends.
Personal writing · Sep 18, 2026
What Actually Is “20/20 Vision”?
A six-year-old’s question sent me down a rabbit hole about what the two numbers measure—and what 20/20 vision does not tell us.
Personal writing · Sep 12, 2026
Kids’ Birthday Parties, Modern Parenting, and My Tiny RSVP Panic Spiral
A child’s birthday party, a mother’s RSVP spiral, and the line between creating opportunities with love and trying to panic-proof an entire childhood.
Personal writing · Sep 10, 2026
Sciatic Pain: Managing It
What decades of sciatic pain taught me about the difference between aggressive stretching and gentle, consistent nerve mobility.
Personal writing · Sep 8, 2026
When Did We Stop Writing Our Own Words?
AI can make difficult work possible—but somewhere between building a website and checking a simple text message, there is a line worth noticing.
Personal writing · Sep 6, 2026
Sheldon Cooper’s Bathroom Schedule Also Helped My Son
How a predictable bathroom routine, visual steps and positive reinforcement helped my son stop holding his urine for almost an entire day.
Personal writing · Sep 3, 2026
The Lip Colour That Passed the Son-Kissing Test
A birthday trip to Sephora, two glossy Haus Labs lip colours, and the transfer test that mattered most.
Personal writing · Sep 1, 2026
The Rubik’s Cube He Chose on My Birthday
A birthday shopping trip, a child’s collection of Rubik’s Cubes, and a reflection on autistic interests, ownership, childhood deprivation, and learning that joy does not need to be earned.
Personal writing · Aug 14, 2026
Coming Out as Myself
A confession about thirty-five years of performing, copying, pleasing, and finally trying to discover who I am without asking everyone else for the correct answer.
Personal writing · Aug 11, 2026
Fucking Yellow Jackets!
Four stings, one extremely rude garden interruption, and an unwilling lesson in yellowjacket ecology.
Personal writing · Aug 8, 2026
Was This Burnout, Overload, or Just Exhaustion?
One supposedly simple TikTok video cost far more energy than I expected—and reminded me that the price of a task is not universal.
Personal writing · Aug 5, 2026
The FrouFrou “Son”
Unlearning the need to be things.
Personal writing · Aug 2, 2026
My way to Nirvana
A personal reflection on blocked energy, survival, and searching for a new path forward during a difficult time.