Em's place

Writing, anxiety-wrangling, tea.

Posts tagged 'anxiety'

Allow me to introduce you…

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

I don’t quite know how this happened but Thursday evening has arrived and I haven’t had time to write a blog post. All of my ideas have been shut up in an airless waiting room, and now I’m finally sitting down to write, they’re all trying to rush out of the door at once, shoving [...]

The tale of the bird, the boy and the big brave steps

Monday, January 18th, 2010

On the way home from picking my little boy up from nursery this evening, we passed a wooded area near our home. My little boy, who is two and three quarter years old, was holding my hand and telling me about his day.   His story was broken by a loud rasping from the dark [...]

Those heroes… they have it easy.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

When I was a child, I used to make dens by hanging blankets off the top bunk, crawling into the quiet space created and looking at the world through the weave of the fabric. I spent half of my life in books, and when I played with my friends I used to create fantasy worlds [...]

No longer my baby

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

I’m not very well at the moment, and so I am trying hard to settle down to something that will make me feel better. Oddly, after avoiding this blog for the longest time since I started it, I find myself coming here to talk to you. And to myself. I’m confused. And scared. And panicking, [...]