Healing And Free

Moving forward and beyond the arbitrary rules I was raised on, and living for myself, my family, and community, and planet. Recipes, stories, gardening, simple living.

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Reconsidering my career. Today sucked. I’m too stressed.

Accepting new career suggestions, pep talks, and warm hugs. Please send as soon as possible.

[bearsintreesofficial]

i need everyone to know that even if you like bears in trees i like them in a FAR more annoying and inconvenient way than you

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This album is so old, but if you haven’t listened to it stop what you are doing and listen to it, start to finish, no skips, no shuffle. Please, it’s so incredible.

Then tell me what you think bc I need to talk to someone about this album. I’ve loved it for so long all by myself.

The Ugly Organ by Cursive

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if u see this, PLEASE put in the tags what you’re having for dinner tonight! i am curious! thank u!

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Got like six things checked off my todo list - all have been sitting on it for weeks, some for months, some for years

Read some of my book, played a little of my video game

Went to my favorite place for coffee and breakfast

My kids were so well behaved

Now, cooking dinner in rainy weather with candles and low lighting, a glass of wine, fresh herbs from my garden, and bardcore.

WHAT A DAY!

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So I’m sitting here using Nicks “All You Get Is Confetti” tutorial vid on Patreon to learn the song and I’m struggling bc I have never done picking before and my kid is watching and singing and cheering me on and she says, so earnestly -

See how he’s smiling? It’s because, he doesn’t just have talent, he has bravery and courage and he feels it in his soul. You need to be like him. Just breathe and feel it in your soul.

My god.

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Epiphany: I am not beholden to the condemnation of my loved ones - whether that condemnation is directed at me or towards people like me. And likewise, they do not have to stand up to my personal values and I can be ok with that.

Because I’m independent from them.

I have built a beautiful life for myself and I am free to live by my own rules. Other people’s values and opinions- regardless of who those values and opinions belong to - truly do not matter.

I’m a good person, or at least I try to be, and I live by good values, or at least I think I do, so they can sit in their rage and that’s their business.

I don’t have to engage and I don’t have care.

And a little piece of my broken heart just snapped back into place.

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The garden has gone largely ignored for the past week or so due to repeat illnesses in our house, birthday party planning, and a good amount of rain. I finally got up the gumption to go out today and do what I could during my lunch break.

Everything seems to be going well, with the exception of a fair amount of weeding that needs to be done and some pests that I’m still battling. I was at least able to trim some low hanging branches on my tomatoes and give everything a good soak.

I also harvested a bunch of lettuce that has just been sitting neglected and uneaten and some blueberries that have ripened (yay) even though it seems a little early for that. I can already tell this is going to be our best blueberry year to date since we got the plants three years ago.

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Me, loudly and regally: BRING ME….A HAIRBRUSH…..AND A CHILDS HEAD

My daughter: awwww COME ON! We’re trying to do NINJA PARACTICE

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“We Don’t Speak Anymore” by Bears in Trees is music that makes me love that I love music.

[hootowlgryph0n]

Spent the past couple days making Starting Fires out of noteblocks!!

[bearsintreesofficial]

this is....transcendent

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This kid’s future as an amazing little weirdo has been secured.

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Some days I make homemade tomato soup with grilled cheese made with homemade bread.

Some days we have roast chicken with mashed potatoes and veggies.

Days like today we have chicken nuggets, frozen fries, boxed Mac and cheese, and whatever fruit was already washed and cut in the fridge.

It’s ok to take it easy, especially on the rough days.

[persianmom-deactivated20251026]

your only job on this earth is to be so intrinsically yourself that the right people gravitate toward you and the wrong people move out of your way

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Spent several hours of my Mothers Day with my super conservative family and now I’m upset, drained, and need a hug.

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Managed to find an hour on my day off to go to my favorite coffee shop AND it was gloomy AND I got I good seat DURING tourist season. Gonna be a good day.

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Today’s song lyrics that melt my brain and make me want to shout them out every time I hear them: