Mostly Michelle Marie

Bringing Inside Thoughts Out

happiness

  • R.I.P. Bestie

    Rest in peace, bestie who I believed you to be. Rest in peace, the oldest, dearest part of me. Rest in peace, that child who felt she was never enough; Rest in peace, little one, I know it’s been rough. Rest in peace to the girl who always felt judged, who didn’t really lie about… Read more

  • An Embarrassment of Riches

    I started writing this post on Christmas Eve 2018, three days after my party celebrating my retirement from the City of Folsom after 21 years of service. The good, the bad, the punching walls in stalls of the ladies’ room so I wouldn’t punch an actual person, such as that annoying next door neighbor that… Read more

  • Traveling Back to Bury the Past

    When you can’t leave the past in the past, but you want to heal. Read more

  • The Promise

    Sometimes we need to stop merely existing and instead begin fully living. Read more

  • Old Flames, Facebook & Friday Night Frivolities

    Friday night, Facebook and falling down the rabbit hole that is the past. Read more

  • Fate’s Saving Grace

    There are those who go through Life blindly trudging their way through each day, with no direction or purpose in their stride just trying to make it to the refuge of the night and the escape of sleep, dreading the morning and the monotony of another day the same as the one before. They seem… Read more

  • Old Friends, Auld Lang Syne Revisited

    Original post a long time ago (12/29/2018). Edited for hindsight, lessons learned and added content. “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” – Thomas Aquinas Today I was going through some photos and came across a batch from my second trip to Scotland; the trip where I met my… Read more