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Time – Always Watching, Always Waiting.

Posted by Ryllandra on October 21, 2019December 22, 2019 in Sadness - Depression

Time has a way of moving on even if we cannot, or perhaps don’t want to, keep up. These past few months, not to mention the last ten years, but for now I’m focusing on the past few months, have…

Gray Days, Gray Yarn, Gray Shawl

Posted by Ryllandra on September 12, 2019June 27, 2020 in Escapades with Crochet, Getting Through the Day, Sadness - Depression

One of the most impressive aspects of crochet is the way it can be used to focus the mind on a singular task, and thus, to push aside those all too constant unwanted thoughts. Sometimes what’s needed is a complicated,…

“It’s no use screaming …”

Posted by Ryllandra on July 18, 2019August 4, 2019 in Moving Forward, Sadness - Depression

“It’s no use screaming, there’s no one to hear you.” These words are still as true today as they were the day they were said to me by the person who abducted and assaulted me. It’s been 47 years and…

Some Days are just Awful

Posted by Ryllandra on February 4, 2019February 24, 2019 in Getting Through the Day, Sadness - Depression

Today is one of those days that began in an okay-ish way but determinedly kept slipping lower and lower on the scale of okay-ness. It’s afternoon now and I’ve closed the doors and windows, drawn the window shades. I was…

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