megan

“I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” ❤️‍🔥

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“You are still learning to be free.” —a thing I said out loud to myself during a rough moment last week. & wrote it in my journal. & put it on my mirror. Sharing here in case you are still learning & need to remind yourself, too. Slow. Steady. Onward. Free. 🖤

hello sweater weather ☀️

sorry I can’t make it, my cat’s using me as a pillow

Hey— all those words you wish you’d heard as a kid? Make sure you’re remembering to say them to your kid. I’m sorry. I love you. I see you. I’m proud of you. You matter. I’m so glad you exist. (& psst, it’s not too late to say those words to yourself. 🖤)

another day, another (teensy, tiny) parking lot heart —I am who I am, and who I am will always stop to take pictures of little hearts like this 🖤

Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 16th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scary

Found this wonky little heart right by my car this morning & thought you might need to see it, too. I hope Monday is gentle & kind to you. 🖤

Hi, it’s Sunday— tell me (or show me!) a thing you like. I’ll go first: I like borrowing (stealing??) Glenn’s fun socks. Now your turn. 🖤

not to brag or anything, but I had a hot date tonight ❤️

You don’t suck, even if today sucks. You are not shitty, even if today is shitty. —just in case you needed to hear that today

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Hey, it’s Sunday— tell me (or show me!) a thing you like. I’ll go first: I like this bright little flower that was looking right at me on my long hike this morning. Now your turn. 🖤

You are worth being proud of. —just in case you needed to hear that today

You are not a problem to be solved. —just in case you needed to hear that today

I do not want it on my phone. I do not want it in my home. I do not want it in my brain. I do not want its supposed “gain.” Not in a book. Not “take a look!” Not in my art. Not any part. I do not want it here or there. I DO NOT WANT IT ANYWHERE.

No, I don’t want AI to write for me. Summarize for me. Generate for me. Revise for me. Communicate for me.“Think” for me. Blur the lines for me. Make decisions for me. Influence reality for me. __________ for me. “Be” for me. This is how we lose ourselves. I don’t want it.

recovery things 🤍

proof of life, little weekend trip edition

This ❤️

“Do you think HUMAN CREATIVITY matters? Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about poetry until their father dies, you go to a funeral, you lose a child, somebody breaks your heart & that's when Art’s not a luxury it's sustenance.” — ETHAN HAWKE

I hid a love note in fiancé’s office on 6/20/26. I am DYING to tell him “I hid a note somewhere for you!” but am trying to be chill & keep a secret. (Both things I am 😬 at.) So I’m telling y’all instead. He’s not super active here, so it feels safe. Ish. Will report back when discovered!

Sometimes recovery doesn’t feel like recovery. It feels like frustration or grief or confusion or nothing or burnout or numbness or or or. But those moments, days, weeks still count. You’re not doing it wrong. You’re doing it. Easy. Gentle. Soft. Slow. Onward.

Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Rhyming Story Challenge on September 15th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/rhyme

Three years ago today, this little tuxedo girl unexpectedly found her way into our lives. She is the snuggliest cat I have ever known. Mika, we love you. 🖤🤍

“I want to remember everything. And I want to know everything.” 📓

This is a reminder that the things that matter to you— the dreams that maybe exist only in your head, the things you’ve been brave enough to only whisper to yourself— those are The Things. You know the ones. The ones that keep us going. Don’t give up. You can whisper them to me.

love is a verb.

brb getting really good at tofu recipes

1 year ago today I started my new job after leaving one that was truly draining my life away. It’s been a good, good year.

standing under the lunar eclipse with your person>>>

Little by little. By little by little by little. This is how we make it. 🖤

readin’ with my kid all day, as Dolly would’ve wanted me to ♡

[Exit Queen.]

Dolly. No.

I’ve been encouraged to do a thing that (to me) is a big & cool & kinda scary deal— & I think I’m gonna do it. I know that is super vague, but I’m putting this out there bc I think it’s important to talk about our dreams & goals & stuff— even vaguely & abstractly at first. More to come! 🖤

🎶 bittersweet and strange, finding you can change, learning you were wrong