Tag: personal essay

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  The Feast of Returning Light: Candlemas, Brigid, and the Work of Holding Flame

  February 2, 2026
  Mothman Diaries × Our Adventures

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  This Was Never Meant to Be Comfortable

  February 1, 2026
  Bed Jail Broadcasts × Our Adventures × Wicked Reviews

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  Music for the Haunted Meat Suit

  January 28, 2026
  Chronic Illness × Chronic Pain × Medical Bullshit × Mental Health × Mothman Diaries × Our Adventures × Self-Care × Service Dog × The Seizure Saga

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  Eight Sticks and an Illinois Winter

  January 24, 2026
  bed jail × Chronic Illness × Chronic Pain × Medical Bullshit × Mental Health × Neurostimulator/DRG Device × Our Adventures × Saturday Health Updates × Service Dog × The Seizure Saga

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  Bed Jail™, Boops, and the Work You Don’t See

  January 18, 2026
  bed jail × Medical Bullshit × Mothman Diaries × Our Adventures

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  A Saturday Weekly Health Update: Bed Jail™, Bad Weeks, and Small Mercies

  January 17, 2026
  bed jail × Chronic Illness × Chronic Pain × Karen Interactions (Medical Edition) × Medical Bullshit × Mothman Diaries × Neurostimulator/DRG Device × Our Adventures × Saturday Health Updates × Self-Care × Service Dog × The Seizure Saga

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  The Week That Would Not Give Up: Luna’s Takeover 🐾

  January 16, 2026
  bed jail × Chronic Illness × Chronic Pain × Cryptid-Pup Chronicles × Karen Interactions (Medical Edition) × Medical Bullshit × Neurostimulator/DRG Device × Our Adventures × Service Dog × The Seizure Saga

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  Things That Actually Made Living With Chronic Illness Easier

  January 13, 2026
  bed jail × Chronic Illness × Karen Interactions (Medical Edition) × Medical Bullshit × Mental Health × Our Adventures × Service Dog × The Seizure Saga

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  Saturday Health Updates: Indifference, Betrayal, and Burgers on the Blackstone

  January 10, 2026
  Medical Bullshit × Neurostimulator/DRG Device × Our Adventures × Service Dog × The Seizure Saga

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  When “Just Anxiety” Sounds a Lot Like an Ugly Law

  January 7, 2026
  bed jail × Chronic Illness × Medical Bullshit × Service Dog × The Seizure Saga

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  New Year, Same Cryptid

  January 1, 2026
  Medical Bullshit × Mental Health × Mothman Diaries × Our Adventures × Self-Care × Service Dog × The Seizure Saga × Wicked Little Things

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  Welcome Back to the Cryptid’s Den: Hopes, Hauntings, and the Long Road Into 2026

  January 1, 2026
  Chronic Illness × Chronic Pain × Medical Bullshit × Mothman Diaries × Neurostimulator/DRG Device × Our Adventures × The Seizure Saga

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  Leaving the Ghosts in 2025: A Midnight Welcome to 2026

  December 31, 2025
  Mental Health × Mothman Diaries × Our Adventures

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  Christmas, But in a Different Font

  December 25, 2025
  Family Stuff × Medical Bullshit × Mothman Diaries × Self-Care × Service Dog × The Seizure Saga

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  🎄🐾 Luna Takeover: Christmas Edition (I Know It’s Not Friday, Relax) 🐾🎄

  December 25, 2025
  Cryptid-Pup Chronicles × Mothman Diaries × Our Adventures × The Seizure Saga

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  What Stability Is Costing Me Right Now

  December 21, 2025
  Chronic Illness × Medical Bullshit × The Seizure Saga

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  Lanterns in the Dark: An Unplanned Health Update- ER Trip Edition

  December 13, 2025
  Chronic Illness × Medical Bullshit × The Seizure Saga

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  The Reading Slump That Started in 2023 and Won’t Let Go

  December 9, 2025
  Cryptid-Pup Chronicles × Mothman Diaries × Neurostimulator/DRG Device × The Bookwyrm’s Lair

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  ✨ Saturday Health Update: Post-Turkey Coma, Puppy Joy, A Flare-Up, Weather Anxiety, & A Little Love for Bear ✨

  November 29, 2025
  Medical Bullshit × Mothman Diaries

• When Change Feels Like a Personal Attack (And Sometimes, It Is)

  July 15, 2025
  Medical Bullshit × Mental Health × Mothman Diaries × The Cursed Knee Saga