Surrender: Looking Back at 2017

It is that time of year again. The Christmas season is over, and as my gaze turns towards the next year, my mind reflects on the last twelve months. Surrender || One Word 365 || 2017 Surrender was breathed down my spine in the last days of 2016 as I started searching for my One Word

Why I Am NOT Searching for My Other Half

I don't know why this subject is so close to my heart right now, especially as I am actually quite the romantic. I am in love with the idea of true love, of first kisses, butterflies in your stomach. I love the idea that you can find the other half of your whole. Wait. Pause.

Dirty Canada Day Laundry.

I don't understand how I was so used to being miserable. Looking back, I shake my head at it all. I remember this day last year clearly. The emotions, the rain drops, the fighting. July 1 of 2016. I remember how empty and sad I felt. And I remember feeling like the rest of my

Why I Didn’t Call YOU When I Needed Someone.

  Today is a good day. Today is full of hope and joy and plans and excitement and happiness. Today is a day of brightness. I wanted to tell you that because it is important to know that people who live with mental illness and depression have GOOD days. I am not always curled up

It’s Easy to Blame God.

It's easy to blame God, but harder to fix things We look in the sky like, "Why ain't you listening?" -NF Real, Oh Lord Blogging is the one way I can truly work through thoughts and feelings, so bear with me on this one. It is jumbled without real order or thought process, but I

Book Review: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Read and Reviewed by Kristen Harvey “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” The classics. A world that many admire yet surprisingly few seem to read. I'll admit that the

Surrender: Looking Forward to 2017

I've spent a lot of time thinking about what my mantra for 2017 will be. For those of you who really know me, you'll know that every year instead of a resolution, I pick a word. This word guides me through the next  365 days, and it quite often ties into my life in ways

Now: Looking Back at 2016

  When I started out 2016, I had a vision of what the word Now would hold for me. I was thinking more along the lines of time management and enjoying the events of the year as they unfolded, taking everything in stride and drinking in the predetermined moments. As always, my word unfolded in a

Bring It On

Did I hear a challenge? Let me dust off the good old tbr pile.   Challenge accepted.   #kristenandkelseysfortybookchallenge January 1 2017 - December 31 2017

Don’t Let Go; Reflections From the Girl Who Kept On Living.

One year ago today, I decided that I was tired of fighting. I decided November 15/15 would be the last day I drew breath. Emotionally exhausted, frustrated, alone, and losing myself, I reached the conclusion that my only way out of the black hole I was being sucked into was to end my life. Snuff