Somewhere Between Sick and Fine

Lately, I’ve been ill.Nothing dramatic, nothing you can clearly point a finger at — just this exhausting, dragging 37.2 °C (about 99 °F) that keeps coming back. On paper it doesn’t sound like much, but in my body it feels awful. Aching muscles, heaviness in every limb, that strange “almost-flu” feeling, and a constant tiredness … More Somewhere Between Sick and Fine

The Weight of the Sky

On sunny days, life’s ups and downs feel lighter. Setbacks come and go, manageable and fleeting. But on gray, heavy days, the downs stack up, and the ups feel distant. I try to break the spell—to find warmth in small things, to remind myself that this will pass. Some days, it works. Others, it doesn’t. … More The Weight of the Sky