I woke up on November 20th from several texts asking if I was okay. I’ll never forget that. Then, I checked my phone and saw a prompt on Facebook to check in that I was safe from the Club Q shooting. My heart and stomach completely fucking dropped. Club Q was my safe space for…
Author: tonedeafvoice
May Sadness Become Rebellion
It’ll be Fathers Day in two days. The absolute hardest day of the year for me. It’s for a few very obvious reasons. But, in recent years, it’s gotten a little bit harder for me in a pretty unexpected way. I’ve talked a ton every year about my dad and his passing. How his birthday…
2020 and Hope for the Next Decade
I’ve talked a lot about the last decade in various ways for the past couple of years so I won’t go into that again on here. This time, I want to look forward and see where I want to end up. Well, not “end up” because that implies I’ll be done or I’m finished moving…
The Grand Canyon
“…Yet when I stand before immensity that heightens my smallness – I have never felt sadness. Only burgeoning wonder.” -Ann Voskamp I have some pretty clear memories of being at the Grand Canyon as a kid. There’s one memory of me standing near the edge for a picture and suddenly swinging my arms to mimic falling…
Hiking With The Inner Demons
When you try your best but you don’t succeed When you get what you want but not what you need When you feel so tired but you can’t sleep Stuck in reverse You know that feeling when you get to participate in a hobby that you love, that you’re obsessed with, but you find yourself…
I’m 30, So Now What?
I turned 30 years old back in October of 2017. Spent all day with my family and all evening with my close friends and here’s me blissfully smiling at the end of the night because it was such a genuinely great birthday. Oh, and my friend decided to put on some makeup to make me…
206.6 Miles
0 Miles I had a lot of hopes while entering 2016. A lot of high hopes that I rested way too much of my happiness upon. I had recently left my previous job after almost five and a half years there and was eagerly awaiting pursuing other opportunities. Opportunities that would afford me the kind…
This Is Sherri Moore
This is Sherri Moore. I am finishing this blog post very late but I had started this about a year ago but life had simply gotten in the way and I never had a proper chance to come back to it and actually finish this piece. Anyway. I had simply forgotten about her until about…
Depression is a Capricious Creature
As I’m sitting here writing these very words, I am realizing how much a post like this has been a long time coming. I really mean it when I say a long time. 18 years. Is 18 years a long time? Yeah, I guess. There is no doubt that it’s been 18 years because a very…
America’s Mountain And Me
Lately, I’ve been experiencing some serious writer’s block when it comes to blogging. I have a few long posts waiting in the drafts folder that I really want to finish up and publish but, for some reason, my brain just can’t come up with the last few sentences and edits for them to feel complete to…
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