Today I woke up to my domain being autorenewed. My first thought was shit. I didn’t expect to be charged $100. And I know that I can probably get it canceled. But then I thought that maybe it is a sign to start writing again. I haven’t posted here in so long. I even forgot […]
Read MoreIts sometime after 2am right now. I should be sleeping, yet I’m not. Instead I’m just playing a game on my phone. It wasn’t even a good game, it helped to pass the time. And the entire time that I was wasting time on my phone, I couldn’t help but think that I was a […]
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Before reading this, please do not think that I am an ungrateful adult complaining . I recognize my privilege having dental insurance through my workplace. I did not grow up with access to insurance through parents. Instead, I grew up with terrible teeth and had major work done throughout my life that was always paid […]
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In my Lets Catch up Summary, I mentioned how I started an etsy store. Time to tell you how EverQuilled came to be. After losing my grandmother in June, I randomly came across a craft called quilling on Tiktok. Maybe it was the ADHD part of me, but I immediately became obsessed - I wanted to […]
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A lot has happened in my life over the past 3 years that I have been away from this blog. And even though the time has passed, I still want to tell you about it (to whoever is reading this post). So here’s hopefully quick summary that I eventually talk about in more detail. Thats […]
Read MoreWhile trying to fall asleep the other night, I remembered this blog. The memories and connections made, the stories told. And I realized that I missed this community. So much has happened in the past 2-3 years that I’ve been away that I would love to share - the good, the bad the lessons learnt. Though […]
Read MoreAfter spending 5 days in palliative care, my grandmother passed away on June 5th. I was working remotely that day and was on a call with my colleague. When I saw my phone ringing, I knew it could not have been good news because that individual never called me at that time of day. Immediately, […]
Read MoreToday, I went to visit my grandmother like I do every weekend. Only difference is that she’s in palliative care, not the ICU or the general surgery floor. And it was a hard visit. She no longer has any of the tubes attached to her. She’s just asleep. In a way, it kind of feels […]
Read MoreToday I had the opportunity to meet with my grandmothers medical team – doctors, nurses, social worker, palliative care director. Everyone was in a conference, while I was *the only one* on the phone. I worked from home today because of this meeting. I would not have been able to have this conversation with people […]
Read MoreTwo years ago around this time, my maternal grandmother got sick and unfortunately passed away. August will be 2 years. It was the most heartbreaking thing to have happened to me. A few months ago, my paternal grandmother got sick and has been in and out of the icu ever since. She is slowly dying. […]
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Arristella 