by LaurenMarieFleming | Apr 25, 2023 | Artist Motivation, Illness, Grief, Cancer, Musings, My story., My writing., Reading to heal, The stories you tell yourself., The stories you were told., Writing motivation., Writing tips and tools., Writing to Heal
Have you ever just completely lost your desire to do something you love? This winter, I lost my desire to be a writer. hiding away from the world in Yosemite Really, I lost my desire to do anything. Between my nephew dying of cancer, the ten year anniversary of my...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Mar 15, 2022 | Illness, Grief, Cancer, Musings, My story., My writing.
Our world is full of unsaid things. My friend, Rily, called me yesterday, an unexpected FaceTime popping up in the middle of my ongoing search for a therapist. She asked how I was, I asked how she was, we both answered with a positive spin and an awareness that people...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Mar 8, 2022 | Musings, My writing., Queerness, Writing to Heal
I found out last night that my nephew with cancer has a girlfriend. And for some reason, this news, above all else, broke me. His twin, A, is visiting from our hometown, trying to process what a relapse of cancer means for her life as well as his. I asked if she...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Mar 4, 2022 | Announcements, Illness, Grief, Cancer, My writing.
There is never a good time for cancer. But cancer doesn’t care. It shows up how it wants, when it wants, where it wants. And all we can do is adjust our lives. My nephew’s cancer is back. Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer of his blood; our blood. His name is...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Sep 28, 2019 | Musings, My story., My writing., Reading to heal, Writing to Heal
Are you one of those people who loves Fall? I used to be. It was my favorite time of year and I would gorge myself on every little autumn cliché, from bobbing for apples to adding cinnamon and nutmeg to everything (and I do mean *everything*). For a decade I hosted my...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Apr 9, 2018 | Artist Motivation, My writing., The stories you tell yourself., The stories you were told., Writing motivation., Writing tips and tools.
When we were kids, my cousins used to write and perform these elaborate theater productions in their back yard. Every kid in the neighborhood would be given some kind of role, from star to ticket taker to prop manager. A planter was their stage, a sheet their curtain,...
