Elderflower and Pine

Let me first admit this is my first time blogging, and I don’t consider myself a writer – wonder why you are still reading this? Anyway, for a few years now, writing has helped me work through my ADHD scattered brain of thoughts into a way to process ideas. Furthermore, reading books to my now six-year-old niece has started to inspire my latest works in the realm of children’s stories. However, this blog will be mostly free-writing, so it might not be exactly coherent or my best work, but it will feel like I’m talking to you and show you my most authentic, scattered-ADHD, dyslexic self. 

I was recommended to start a WordPress blog by my local librarian. After coming out of a depressive episode and feeling so anxious about what to do with myself that it led me to not being able to leave my bed, I’m finally trying to find myself again. (And a special thank you to meds, therapy, and the ever-present coffee that makes this process easier for me.) I don’t know what this blog will end up being or if anyone will ever read it. Still, I wanted to give you the disclaimers about me upfront —I’m new to blogging and don’t consider myself good enough to be a writer — and hopefully, even writing here will allow me to show up to my regular writing more consistently. We shall see…

– Helena