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Tag: family

  • do this and that

    LINK: do this and that Currently listening to: Who Knew – P!NK When someone said count your blessings now‘Fore they’re long goneI guess I just didn’t know howI was all wrongBut they knew better, still you said forever, and everWho knew?(Yeah, yeah) What roles did your parent(s) have in your upbringing? My parents had overlapping…

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  • author

    LINK: author If you were given the opportunity to write a book, what kind of book would it be? Prompt snagged from: TCMC I don’t think I’d ever want to write a book. I know plenty of WP bloggers who are published, but that’s never really been my thing. I like writing blog posts because…

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  • family art

    LINK: family art I live among creatives. Unfortunately, I am not one of them. In grade school, my mom drew my homework for me because my drawings were pretty awful. I’m fairly certain my teachers knew. My classmates def knew. No one ever said anything though. For one science project in the fourth grade, she…

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  • happy bday, dad

    LINK: happy bday, dad Currently listening to: Good Goodbye –(화사) HWASA Even as the whole world is looking down on meEven if there is no one on my side, next to meDon’t worry, it’s okayI’ll stay right here with meI’ll be on my side instead of you It would have been my dad’s birthday today….

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  • family ties

    LINK: family ties Currently listening to: Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby – Cigarettes After Sex Whispered something in your earIt was a perverted thing to sayBut I said it anywayMade you smile and look away Do you prefer having a large/close knit extended family, or a small/distant extended family? Prompt snagged from: TCMC It’s strange,…

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  • halloween 2025

    LINK: halloween 2025 Currently listening to: Golden – KPop Demon Hunters (Huntrix) Oh, I’m done hidin’, now I’m shinin’ like I’m born to beOh, our time, no fears, no liesThat’s who we’re born to be Waited so long to break these walls downTo wake up and feel like mePut these patterns all in the past…

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  • about this week…

    LINK: about this week… What excites you about this week? There is a lot that happened over the week. I worked both jobs at full capacity, giving it 110%. Mentally, I was exhausted and I could no longer make any executive decisions anymore outside of the workplace, making me more amenable than most of my…

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  • wakanda foreverz

    LINK: wakanda foreverz A couple of years ago, my cousin—my dad’s brother’s daughter—called me out of the blue. She knows I hate talking on the phone, so I picked up immediately, assuming it must be serious. Her voice was frantic. “Rojie, I need help.” She and others were at Coachella, and her cousin from her…

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  • wishing on a star

    LINK: wishing on a star Currently listening to: Sky’s The Limit – The Notorious B.I.G. feat. 112 Sky is the limit and you know that you keep onJust keep on pressin’ on (gotta keep pressin’ on)Sky is the limit and you know that you can(Gotta keep movin’, gotta keep pressin’ on)Have what you want, be…

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  • r u ok?

    LINK: r u ok? For optimal viewing of this page. Today is the R U OK? Day. R U OK? Day is Gavin Larkin’s legacy. Nearly 78% of Australians are aware of this campaign. IDK why the US doesn’t have it because we could surely use it. This is Gavin Larkin and his family’s story….

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