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February 3, 2011 “I’m determined to salvage the comfortingly wonderful customs from my heritage while, for lack of a better term, “taking out the trash,” so to speak. Example: Karo syrup mak…

New blog post:

In which I revisit my "about" paragraph from my very first blog. Thank goodness for archive.org.

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The Sting of Rejection It’s been a week and it’s only Wednesday. Sunday I felt the sting of a 16-year old mortification-friend-rejection again in Costco. Jared is right: there are people who cannot handle me …

New Blog Post: The Sting of Rejection

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A Pivot.

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#APivot #Photography #Fujifilm #XS20 #GFX #SchneiderKreuznach #Cinelux #LensAdapter #PTSDAwareness

Budget Optimizations I have been on a rampage the last few months, trying to optimize our family budget as best we can. First, it started last May, when I closed my original photography business. I sold my second Fujif…

Budget Optimizations is live on the blog....it's been an adventure:

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#budgeting #financialfreedom #selfmastery #creativeentrepreneur #debtfreejourney #moneymanagement #budgetoptimization #mentalhealthmatters

This Man is My Hero Jared and I got in a fight today. And the content or reason is not important, nor is how it resolved other than to say that it is over now. In the process, though, I found out something that remind…

This Man is My Hero:

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#myhero #emotionalsafety #resilience #traumahealing #marriagegoals

Thankful I am aware that most of the time in writing at least, I am the bringer of doom-and-gloom. Today, though, I am grateful. I have a gratitude practice that I do most days in my journal app. I just don…

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

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#gratitudepractice #blogging #mentalhealthawareness #resilience #fineart #familylegacy #thanksgiving

Changes I’ve been quiet since Friday.  I’ve been introspective. And depressed. And busy.   We went to pick Porter up yesterday in Athens. Today, Jared and I cleaned house all day long…

Changes on the blog:

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#carolinepriceluxe #fineartportraiture #cineluxportraits #GFX50sII #artisticvision #authenticblogging #photography #familyheirloom

New on the blog......We have another Dawg!!

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#godawgs #UGA #UniversityofGeorgia #carrolltontrojans #proudmama

Protein Bar in the Bed Kind of Morning I don’t take photos like this very often. But as I draft this post it is 11:18 AM and I am eating my favorite kind of Kirkland protein bar in the bed. Because it is that kind of morning. And …

Protein Bar in the Bed Kind of Morning:

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#mentalhealthday #bekindtoyourself #healingjourney #PTSDRecovery #CPTSD #smallgoals #bipolarsupport #comfortfood

Bet My Back is More Messed Up Than Yours I referred to it a little on the 12th but last week, on the 12th, I had a check-up with my orthopedic PA. I’m not really sure why I even go. It’s not like there’s more surgery I will ever let them …

It's true: I do bet my back is more messed up than yours:

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#ScoliosisStrong #ChronicPainWarrior #PTSDRecovery #TraumaInformed #HealingIsPossible #MentalHealthMatters #fictionalizedmemoir #psychologicalthriller #bodyimage #survivor

Moral Bankruptcy I’ve been pretty strong and determined the last few days; since the 12th, actually. Able to hold my head up and all that. Last night, the facade crumbled. It all had to do with the newest jute purs…

Because moral bankruptcy is still on my mind….

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#moralbankruptcy #traumarecovery #tiredtrope #complexptsd #ptsdrecovery #narcissism #survivor #healingjourney #fictionalizedmemoir #psychologicalthriller

Two Minutes Late We were having lunch on October 20. That room-service grilled cheese was among the better grilled cheese sandwiches I have ever had in my whole life— it was a double-stacker with cheddar cheese and…

My life has been weird of late, but in today’s post I write about the 100% strangest moment probably in a really, really long time:

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#ethics #clientconfidentiality #narcissism #accountability #traumarecovery #ptsd

School-Girl Fantasies Let’s talk about school-girl fantasies. It’s a tired trope, isn’t it? I mean, isn’t it the most tired, boring stereotype that a lot of men fantasize about being with a school-girl in the bedroom? A…

New post. This one comes with a trigger warning: nothing graphic, just a very tired trope.

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#fictionalizedmemoir #psychologicalthriller #traumabond #exploitation #grooming #cptsd #selfmastery

November 12, 1998 “Today is a trauma anniversary from 1998. November 12, 1998 was a beautiful day today, just like today, November 12, 2025. It was cooler that morning though, as I recall.  I took the photo abo…

Today is a trauma anniversary:

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#traumabond #grooming #psychologicalthriller #moralinjury #survivornarrative #endthesilence #fictionalizedmemoir

I LOVE Cinelux Lenses! I did a very brief maternity session yesterday. As predictable, I am hopeless with poses, so I looked at my phone constantly. Here is what I came up with though: Jared says I will grow to resent be…

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#projectionlens #bokelicious #mediumformat #schneiderkreuznach #vintagelens #noregrets #fineartphotographer #carrolltonga

Laundry Day is Probably Going to be Four Days Long The title says it all. On Sunday evening, October 19, I threw in a load of laundry. I knew I’d be busy on dedicated laundry day, Monday the 20th, so I was trying to get ahead so my whole rout…

Laundry Day is Probably Going to be Four Days Long:

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#cinelux #ptsdrecovery #aslobcomesclean #darkhours #timechange #bloggerlife #mediumformat #selfcare

The Plastic Project ***This post contains an affiliate link.*** The plastic-on-the-windows project is done. At least done enough, for now. Not really to my satisfaction really, but there’s nothing to be done about it.…

The plastic-on-the-windows project is done:

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#selfcare #homesill #fixerupper #DIY #myhouseismyselfesteem #budgethacks #energysavings

The Parking Validation So I draft this from a small Winship Emory Midtown waiting room. I have my coffee from home, my phone, a white robe that has no tie at the waist like it should, and a bag with my tops inside. Jared…

The Parking Validation.

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#diagnosticmammogram #medicalanxiety #healthscare #grateful #youaresafe #Jaredissafe #fungalrash

Better Thank you to everyone who reached out after yesterday’s post. I will be okay. Today has been better; I still slept in until 9:30 and didn’t get up until nearly 10:30. Jared is gone to a…

In which I talk about being some better:

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#progressnotperfection #cptsd #mediumformat #bipolarlife #writerslife #emotionalregulation #recoveryisreal #financialanxiety

I Am Not Okay Jared and I joke about my “sleep emergency” tendency a lot, both to each other and other people. But it is a real thing. And it turns really, really dark if I ignore it. Last night was …

In which I talk about not being okay:

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#thereckoning #bipolarlife #ssdi #complextrauma #vocationalniche #psychologicalsafety #writersblock #depression

The Project It’s been a really interesting life.  I don’t say that from a despondent sense. It’s true: last night, when we got home from taking Porter back to UGA, I hid in our bedroom, just after dark, t…

About the project....

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#fictionalizedmemoir #psychologicalthriller #traumawriting #bipolarlife #scrivener #creativetherapy #writingcommunity

Security Blanket Camera Here’s what I don’t talk about with my photography gear… Probably half the time I have my gear out, I just hold it, sitting in my lap. Not for pictures…. It is my security blanket. I did it last ni…

About my security blanket camera:

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#securityblanketcamera #traumarecovery #cptsd #bipolarlife #memoirwriter #psychologicalsafety #nonlinearprogress

I am very lucky.

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#traumarecovery #cptsd #attachmenttheory #personalmemoir #jaredissafe #emotionallabor #inspirationalblogger

“You are safe.”

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#youaresafe #traumabond #cptsd #memoirwriter #psychologicalthriller #bipolarlife #emotionallabor #relationshipgoals

The Reckoning It’s been a year. Not in the whole chronological sense….I mean, of course I am aware that in general, a year has passed in my life. But I mean…. it’s been quite the year, in…

The Reckoning.

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#situationship #cptsd #memoirwriter #financialhealth #bipolarlife #psychologicalthriller #selfmastery

(Sort of) Falling Apart I have been quiet about this, only telling really family and my ladies’ group at church… But I have to have a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound next week. I’ve known about it fo…

Been sitting on this one a while: potential cancer scare and stupid potential cyst:

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New Blog Design, Thanks Gemini I’ve been working frantically on this blog’s page design for most of the past 24 hours. No particular reason, other than I felt like it. But I finally have the design like I like it! Th…

In which I talk about my new blog design, using Gemini:

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#GeminiAI #TechTransparency #CustomCSS #BloggerLife #SEOStrategy #WordPress #WebDesign #CarolinePrice

Looking for the bald photo for the blog post I found an old photo from 2019 where I’d mentioned that Oliver loved it when I put my hair up in pigtails, and that it was at least as long now as it was then.

So I put them up and went and showed Oliver and it made him smile… he remembered. ❤️

Navel-gazing about PTSD.

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YouTube video by Clean Bandit Clean Bandit - Rather Be ft. Jess Glynne [Official Video]

Current mood:

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