Susan Pogorzelski

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” - Carl Jung - These past few days, there’s been a change stirring in my soul, like I’m waking up again from a sleep of disbelief and lost worth. It’s so easy to be kind to others, and so much harder to turn that kindness towards myself. I can see the beauty in passing strangers, share words of encouragement and affection with a friend, but I shy away whenever it comes to recognizing my own strength or talent or ligh

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross - If this past week has taught me anything, it's that life moves in cycles of the very good, the very bad, and the very impossible in-between, but it never lingers in one place for long. A few weeks ago, I didn't think I'd make it through this relapse. Two and a half yea

“15 there's still time for you Time to buy and time to lose 15, there's never a wish better than this When you only got a hundred years to live.” - Five For Fighting, 100 Years - Yep. It's the obligatory birthday post! For eight years I've been celebrating my birthday on my blog--posts filled with gratitude and memories and wishes for the future. Today, I'm celebrating something more... Truth be told, I didn't think I'd make it past thirty. Not only because I was diagnose

I don’t remember fourteen years ago today. At least, not like I should, and certainly not like I want to. The world shares its stories of where they were and what they felt, and I try to conjure up fragments of a memory, but even those seem to shift as more time passes, and I’m left not knowing what to believe about a day in a life I’ve lived. I can’t remember, and I don’t know why. I remember when Princess Diana was killed. I remember when JFK, Jr. died. I remember Columbine