Dear Friends,
It is St. Patrick’s Day, and I am wearing green! I am half Irish, from my dad, and I am proud to be. I love Ireland, for our family there and its spiritual richness and natural beauty. I am grateful to have visited a few times as an adult, and I cherish memories from time there with aunts and uncles and cousins. I hope to live there one day!
This was a tough weekend. I got very dysregulated and didn’t sleep enough. So I am exhausted today. It was so frustrating to be so out of control. I was exhausted from my first week of day program, which was great but uncovered some past trauma from some dehumanizing day programs in the past. And my dad’s birthday is tomorrow, which is hard and makes me so sad. He would be so thrilled about wearing green and singing Irish songs today. I miss his light.
But I feel calmer now. And I am excited for a dinner of corned beef, cabbage, and colcannon, with chocolate stout cake. This is our family tradition!
I hope you are all wearing green! That and having a good start to the week.
Your Friend,
Danny
(Photo: with my family on the coast of Kerry after my dad’s funeral in Dublin, 2018)
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