Using writing, and meditation, and ice cream, and reading, and dreams,

and a whole lot of other tools to rediscover who I am,

after six years living with a man with OCPD.



Thursday, May 3, 2012

The Most Amazing People Are "Crazy" - Like The Bloggess

So in the middle of the A-Z, one of the reasons I didn't get enough visiting/commenting done on the A-Z was I took a night off to go to The Bloggess's book signing.

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Yep, that Bloggess. Jenny Lawson. NY Times motherfuckin' #1 author Jenny Lawson.

Who took over 10 years to pull this book together. Who suffers from.... mental illness.

Yep, mental illness. Anxiety disorders, OCD, and depression. And brilliance so hysterically funny it has come near to causing more than one childish accident as I almost wet myself laughing.

Like a lot of people, her gift has come at a price.



 Please know, if you "have Issues"... you don't have to give up. 

Please know that you're not alone.

Please know that even after years of pain/struggle, you may have something magnificent in you.

It may not be a NY Times bestseller.

But it will be something beautiful, and glorious; something only you can give to the world. Or even just give to your family or roommate.

You are worthy. You are amazing. You are crazy - perhaps. So what?

You're in excellent company.

Your thoughts?


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Margi 76p · 674 weeks ago

I was so hoping to make it to a book signing to meet her. Her brand of crazy and her willingness to put it all out there has been such a balm to my soul. And a guffaw/snort in my train rides around Europe!
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WritingGoddess 73p · 674 weeks ago

She is amazing - and perhaps one day she'll be signing near you, or you'll be near where she's signing.
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Pete · 673 weeks ago

Right on sister (or is that write on sister ;-)

PS Thanks so much for your very kind post on FB <3
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WritingGoddess 73p · 673 weeks ago

Thank YOU. It always means a lot to me to see your comments here. <3
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Jessica · 673 weeks ago

Thanks for the words of encouragement. And congrats to your friend for being a number one NYT Bestseller. That is awesome.
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WritingGoddess 73p · 673 weeks ago

I'm more her fan than her friend (though perhaps someday...) But we all have something great inside us.
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nikky44 40p · 673 weeks ago

"Please know that even after years of pain/struggle, you may have something magnificent in you." It's through all the support I received from my online friends, that I started to believe I can be appreciated for who I am, that I have a purpose, that I can be loved
My recent post A Cry for Help
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WritingGoddess 73p · 673 weeks ago

We all have a purpose; sometimes we just have to dig a little to find it. xD
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timewrinkler 50p · 673 weeks ago

Having a purpose means the world, doesn't it? It means we are with something, we belong. That's what we need to heal. Connection. I have to check out Bloggess, such a buzz about her today!
My recent post Remembering How to Really Love
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WritingGoddess 73p · 673 weeks ago

She is awesome, amazing, and flawed - just like everybody.

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