Sarah O'Connor

October is almost done! Whoda thunk it?

When I was very little, before I could swim, my dad used to play a game with us in the pools at the hotels we’d stay at for vacations. We would hang on tight to the walls of the pool and move ourselves along the perimeter in the water while our dad stood behind us, ready to catch us in case one of us slipped in. Despite being in the water we weren’t swimming, just clinging to the edge of the pool and moving ourselves slowly by sliding our hands and pressing our feet against the walls and moving ourselves. We called it playing Spiderman after my sister and I had watched some of the old 60s cartoons and pretended we were climbing the walls like he was. Continue reading

I wish I could say I was writing about something poetic. I really do.

There were so many nice things I could write about for the theme of moonlight. I love how it streams into my bedroom when it’s full, how I can see everything in my room. I like how it can look blood red the night before a heat wave, orange and friendly for a harvest. I could have written about any of those things, but instead the only thought about moonlight that overpowers the others is about this vine. Continue reading

We are the Crystal Gems, except I’m not talking about Steven Universe today because I already talk about Steven Universe a lot.

When I went to the ROM last year we found the crystal room. Well it wasn’t just crystals, but gemstones, gold, pretty stones some that were finely cut and others that still looked like they’d been found in the dirt (though clean of course, this is the ROM after all). Continue reading

Oh hey it’s the same picture from day 1! Will it be the same post? Only one way to find out!

When I was little I used to love the name Autumn. I’d never met anyone with that name, it was one reserved for TV and book characters, but it was so soft and different. Back then, just a kid I decided I wanted to name my future child Autumn. Of course that didn’t last, though it isn’t exactly off my growing list. Back then I added names like Robin, Skye, Rayne, now more ordinary but less common names. Continue reading

Let’s talk about some weird/creepy dreams! A short little write up today because I didn’t have much to say.

I had a dream where I went underground. Or maybe it wasn’t me but someone I was pretending to be, someone I could only be in a dream, an illogical story from my tired brain. Continue reading

Are these italicized intros intriguing or annoying? Only time will tell…

My life is a series of unfortunate events. I could elaborate on what exactly that means, even though I have on here in the past already. People close to me know these details, or at least some of them. When they hear my name people are immediately filled with pity, describing my family as “troopers” who are “so positive” with all the bad that’s happened. One of my talents is smiling, some of my co-workers who don’t know my history joked about calling me Smiley. The old ones who do just tell me I’m always smiling and laughing, that I always look so happy. Continue reading