Today is our two year anniversary. I wouldn't change a damn thing. I’m still in awe that I woke up this morning next to her. I dreamed of doing that for so long, and now, I get to. Dating on opposite sides of the world is different. So worth it.
Tag: Lesbian
Navigating Mental Health and Queer Identity in Alana Saab’s Please Stop Trying to Leave Me
Alana Saab's debut novel, Please Stop Trying to Leave Me, explores a 27-year-old Norma's journey through her diagnosis of major depressive disorder, anxiety, and derealisation/depersonalization disorder along with navigating being a lesbian, being in love, being 27. Blending intense darkness with definitions, humor, a story within a story, academia, and astrology, Saab immerses the reader in a resonating narrative that is affecting and relatable in equal measure.
Musings in a Storm; Hurricane Beryl
In honor of a week since Hurricane Beryl swept over Houston, Texas, I am sharing some musings I wrote while I was without A/C, power, and cell signal. I also took pretty pictures... At least, pretty to me.
11… Moments of New Self-Awareness After Getting Engaged
If you're wanting an engagement story, this is about as close to it as you're going to get not directly from my mouth to your ears until I write the fairytale novel that seems to be my life now. What a love story this is. I can't believe I'm lucky enough to be living it with the most extraordinary woman I've ever met.
Sappho to Shakespeare to Sparks; We Write of Love
Oh good lord, do I want to be one of the great writers to really get it right. I probably won't be. The fact you, dear readers, know my name is quite baffling to begin with. I don't write for you. I write for me, but I also don't necessarily want to be lost in the ever gnashing maw of time. What a balance I'm striving for.
Lesbian Love, Affair of Poisons, and Abuse in The Disenchantment by Celia Bell
The world needs more queer literature, so I'm glad this exists and was published. Ultimately, I'm disenchanted with The Disenchantment by Celia Bell. Muddy and meandering, it leaves the reader bored and a little confused.