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note to self: i’ll be there for you, always

written june 6, 2021. Photo by Kristine Cinate on Unsplash I have always looked for myself in other people. I think the idea was that they would somehow hold the pieces of me that I felt were missing. That maybe, if I wrapped my identity up in theirs enough, we would somehow make a whole person. It's not healthy to live like this, but I did it anyway — burning through relationships and searching for something I couldn't quite name. It was never enough, not to be myself, but it was never enough to latch my identity to other people, either. I got close, several times — I thought I had reached the pinnacle of self discovery. I thought I had completed myself. But in the end, relying on other people to help build yourself is never a viable way to do things. It's only recently that I've started to become comfortable with the idea of being enough, as I am, on my own. Several years ago, in this same position, I would have searched for another person to attach my identity onto,

Oh boy, I've been tagged...

I was tagged by alaska0girl, and I decided to give it a try:

Q1: What color is your hair? I don't give that info out online, either
Q2: What was the movie you last watched in the theatres? Cars
Q3: What type(s) of music are you into? Christian
Q4: Name 5 of your fav. bands: I don't have 5, but I like Michael W. Smith and Twila Paris
Q5: What's the last book you've read? a biography on Francis Scott Key
Q6: What's your fav. book? The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
Q7: What is your dream car? whoa, that's 6 yrs. away, dude!
Q8: What is the last thing you ate? spaghetti

I tag:
tigerbee
Princessleia12
CrazyAboutMonkeys

Also, if any of you want to see a picture of me, go to my Dad's blog. He is on my friends list as SteveWalden.

B4N (Bye For Now),
Kylie

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