Jenn O'neil
Stories (6/0)
Writing Your Way Out
She picked up the journal on the clearance aisle at Walmart. It was black, had dotted grids instead of lines and it was cheap. Turns out it was the best thing she’d purchase that year. It was November and things weren’t going well. I mean, she had a job and a house, and a husband and a dog…but she was miserable every day. Nothing felt right. She was on meds for anxiety and some for depression and one for ADHD. Her day began by hitting the snooze button repeatedly, it ended by sighing loudly and often using food to self soothe. She realized that she had stayed in a relationship for a long time because she had been satisfied with being chosen. Someone liked her, so why throw that away? Increasingly, they had grown apart. Everything felt forced, they argued so much. She began to wonder if this was all there was? Is this life? She had never left the county she had grown up in, and her world felt incredibly small.
By Jenn O'neil3 years ago in Journal
Victory
When I was little, my Nana would tell me stories about the Greek Goddess Athena and her owl. Little me was fascinated at the idea of a woman, a warrior born from the head of Zeus, who would keep company with an owl. Imagine having a creature who could fly into the heavens and come back with all the knowledge you needed for victory. I didn’t really believe that the owl had an inner light, I assumed the Greeks just didn’t know about night vision.
By Jenn O'neil3 years ago in Families
The Year of Sunshine
Look at you. Look how far you've come. When you first started having these feelings (unease, frustration, being stuck in the wrong place) did you think would ever make it out? When you marry young, sometimes you don’t yet know who you are. Sometimes you feel lucky to be “chosen” and forget to choose yourself. You put up with things that are harmful and you shrug your shoulders because there’s no other option.
By Jenn O'neil3 years ago in Motivation