Lighthouse near San-Tropez, France (2018) photo by author Laelia Watt- taken while on a ferry boat with my beloved French-American aunt, on a trip that my friend generously invited me to join her when I couldn’t have otherwise afforded to go. Reggie* sauntered by the homeless shelter window wearing a McDonald’s bag on his head.ContinueContinue reading “Why Mental Health and Empathy Matter to Me Part 3”
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Why Mental Health and Empathy Matter to Me Part 2
Photo of a dried piece of wood in the mountains of Arizona that looked to me like an animal skull. *Trigger warning- suicide ideation mentioned briefly* The nightmares were unbearable. They plagued me from childhood through my early twenties, but I attributed them to an active imagination and a fearful personality. Even at twenty-four whenContinueContinue reading “Why Mental Health and Empathy Matter to Me Part 2”
FRAGILE HUMAN is now a Registered Trademark!
Over ten years ago, the seed of an idea started to grow in my imagination. I drew a bumper sticker design (more on that another day) on a piece of paper while bored at work one day, and the idea eventually expanded to include a blog featuring creative nonfiction essays, social media posts, and aContinueContinue reading “FRAGILE HUMAN is now a Registered Trademark!”
Dream On, Fragile Human!
Author with sculpture “Little Nis” by Danish artist Thomas Dambo in Kentucky’s Bernheim Forest- summer 2021 Dreams are not only fanciful imaginations that flit through our ever-fickle minds. They are a beautiful part of humanity. Each person is born with varying gifts and desires in their heart. Most people nurture those desires over the yearsContinueContinue reading “Dream On, Fragile Human!”
FRAGILE HUMAN 