So The Ginger Writes

     Adventure. My favorite word is adventure. I've always had this idea that when you call something an adventure, it makes it sound more exciting. And I am more apt to go into it willingly and with an open mind if it sounds exciting. It doesn't matter what it is. Walmart? No no, it's a Shopping Adventure. Therapy/Treatment-Recovery Adventure. Work-Employment Adventure. In all honesty, I probably use word incorrectly sometimes and bother people with the excessive amount of which I say it. I am always down for an adventure. Most often in the form of road trips.      Road trips are the best medication. Pack a little bag, gas up the car and drive wherever my little heart desires. It has the perfect ratio of soul music, personal space, beautiful scenery, and thinking time. Interstate highways, dirt paths, county roads, or city streets, it never really matters as long as I'm moving. I love road trips so much in fact, that I keep a tote bucket in my car trunk l...

      THE FRAY . My number one, all-time favorite band, EVER. I know all of their songs, and own all of their albums (more than one copy of each, embarrassingly enough) and can listen to their music in any and every situation. I never get tired of hearing their songs. Isaac Slade has the voice of a freaking god and a writing ability I would kill for.       So today I thought I'd share with you my top 5 favorite songs by The Fray and why they are my favorite. 1) " Say When "- The Fray Say When is one of their most under-rated songs. It has a little bit of a love-story-turned-tragedy undertone to it, but second to last verse feels familiar to me when taken a little out of context of the song and related to other aspects of my life. "Come across you lost and broken, You're coming too, but you're slow in waking, You start to shake, You still haven't spoken, what happened They're coming back and you just don't know when, You want to cry, but ...

     Starting this blog was no random idea. It was not some out-of-the-blue decision. I've enjoyed writing for a while and I tend to use it as a way to vent. To express my feelings and to just let things out. Oftentimes when life gets overwhelming, writing can help me sort things out and understand myself better. Having to actually sort through my thoughts and make sense of them and put them on paper in an articulate manner can be enlightening and therapeutic. But it's also nice to know that people are listening. And while I have a handful of close friends that I know are always willing to listen and offer their support, I don't share everything with them.      This blog was started as an idea to help me relieve stress and keep my mind busy and focused on better things as I begin recovery for my eating disorder.      And although I am aware that a handful of you reading this do know who I, the ginger author, am, many still do not. Add to t...