![]() One episode of the show reveals that she has anxiety, and explores how people cope with it. The line is from Schneider, the best friend and landlord of lead character Penelope, a Cuban American nurse and mother who lives with her two kids and her own mother. To ease my mind, I’ve been repeating a line from Netflix’s “ One Day at a Time”: “Don’t quit before the miracle happens.” One of my caregivers is leaving, and my family is looking for someone to fill her shoes. Disease-modifying therapies for SMA are still unavailable here in Singapore. Taking things ‘one day at a time’Īll of these good things ahead don’t mean I’m not wary or worried. Plus, the folks at BioWare, the studio behind my favorite video game series, “ Dragon Age,” have promised to soon tell us more about the upcoming fourth entry of the series.Īnd my loved ones have cool things ahead, so I’m excited to support them like they’ve always supported me. Maybe I’ll even finish that poetry chapbook I’ve had in my drafts for a couple years. I am hopeful because I have some exciting topics planned for my column, other publications have accepted my pitches, and I have some short fiction writing in the works. After all, it is a time to be hopeful and set the tone for the rest of the year as best I can. This year, I’m picking up the pieces of myself that have been broken by grief and trying to find some good in it all. I’ve learned that if I’m disappointed once by a year, shame on the year if I’m disappointed twice, shame on me. ![]() I read 20 fewer books than I read in 2020, and today, I am nowhere close to beginning my journey toward a degree.ĭecemColumns by Ari Anderson The Blessings That Spark My Ambitions for the New YearĪpart from those two years, I haven’t made any New Year’s resolutions because it’s a way to avoid disappointment. Instead, my chronic neuropathy worsened and my mental health spiraled. I also had New Year’s resolutions last year, including reading more and studying for an English literature degree. But I wound up with chronic neuropathy in my scalp, thanks to kyphoscoliosis, a combination of two types of abnormal curvature of the spine. ![]() In 2017, I did have New Year’s resolutions, however, which included developing my skills in both digital and traditional art. SMA has a tendency to decide how my life goes, and it’s not fond of me failing to focus on my health. I’m usually not one for making New Year’s resolutions. These lyrics opened Taylor Swift’s song “ the 1” and her 2020 album “Folklore.” I thought them fitting to open my first column of the new year as well, since my last column in 2021 began with lyrics from her 2012 album “Red.” And, well, I have been doing good. “I’m doing good, I’m on some new s**t/ Been saying ‘yes’ instead of ‘no.’” ![]()
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