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This announcement probably comes as no surprise to many of you, but it's needed. I'm going to be leaving dA for an indeterminate amount of time. My account will stay up, as will my poetry, but it's going to me more radio silence from me right now--just like it has been, I guess, this is me making it official.
My reasons are lame, but simple. I don't have the energy to keep up here and be a valuable member of the community, and each time I try to re-engage, I fall flat. Given that I've landed my first full-time teaching job this upcoming year, I know that I'll have even LESS time as I move away from family and adjust to a new life in VT. The fact that I've dropped off the face of the Earth here without any reason or notice bothers me. I feel that I owe this goodbye to all of you here who've watched me and befriended me over the years, to provide closure and the opportunity to connect through other means. I may post a journal or two when big life events happen, but other than that, I'll be pretty much gone.
I would love to stay in contact with my dA friends. If you'd like to stay in touch with me, please note me for contact details! There are many of you that I'm very glad I got to know, and I'd love to keep up via email, texting, facebook, or skype.
I'll be hyper-vigilant about checking my inbox here on dA for a while so I don't miss any messages. 
I've adored my time here at dA. I've experienced and shared so many milestones through this site. My involvement here helped me through my time at college, my first break-up, and my struggle with anxiety and depression. Without this site and its Deviants, I would've never met Harrison (who I'm still happily dating!) or had the courage to keep developing my poetry. I would've never met so many amazing, wonderful people, nor would I have seen and read amazing art that continues to touch and inspire me to this day.
Thank you, all of you, for the parts you've played in my life and the wonderful works you've shared! Again, I'd love to stay in touch.
Be happy, be healthy, be prosperous.
-Lizzie
My reasons are lame, but simple. I don't have the energy to keep up here and be a valuable member of the community, and each time I try to re-engage, I fall flat. Given that I've landed my first full-time teaching job this upcoming year, I know that I'll have even LESS time as I move away from family and adjust to a new life in VT. The fact that I've dropped off the face of the Earth here without any reason or notice bothers me. I feel that I owe this goodbye to all of you here who've watched me and befriended me over the years, to provide closure and the opportunity to connect through other means. I may post a journal or two when big life events happen, but other than that, I'll be pretty much gone.
I would love to stay in contact with my dA friends. If you'd like to stay in touch with me, please note me for contact details! There are many of you that I'm very glad I got to know, and I'd love to keep up via email, texting, facebook, or skype.
I'll be hyper-vigilant about checking my inbox here on dA for a while so I don't miss any messages. I've adored my time here at dA. I've experienced and shared so many milestones through this site. My involvement here helped me through my time at college, my first break-up, and my struggle with anxiety and depression. Without this site and its Deviants, I would've never met Harrison (who I'm still happily dating!) or had the courage to keep developing my poetry. I would've never met so many amazing, wonderful people, nor would I have seen and read amazing art that continues to touch and inspire me to this day.
Thank you, all of you, for the parts you've played in my life and the wonderful works you've shared! Again, I'd love to stay in touch.
Be happy, be healthy, be prosperous.
-Lizzie
Summer, and an Update
Summer has officially begun, but that has yet to sink in. We're currently finishing moving apartments, and my life has been nothing but boxes. Boxes to pack, move, unpack, check-off, and mark down. Grades to input, goodbyes to say, adjustments to make, and traditions started. It has been a whirlwind of a year, and as usual, I'm a bit of a wreck coming out of it. The end of the year, distance learning or not, always feels like pushing the accelerator pedal down to the floor then slamming on the breaks in full. I've been alternating between relief and anxiety. I think I've cried each day for the past week, but it's cathartic. The good news, here, is that when I'm not unpacking and making this new place feel like home, I'll be here reading y'all's works, commenting on them, and trying to get back into the one-poem-a-week routine. What are you proud of creating recently? Is there a particular piece you want feedback on? Any pieces by other deviants that you think need a little more
Quaran-time
I hope everyone is doing alright as things have been getting crazier and crazier. I'm hoping that distance learning will allow me to write more, but it seems just as draining--if not more so--than being in the classroom. I'm going to start writing on the weekends again! A poem a week is my goal, just to keep my creative brain going. I always feel bad when I don't check in here for a while, too. I logged in one day to see I had gotten a DD and am just now trying to keep up with thanking people for the congratulations they've given. I promise I'm not a terrible person--just overwhelmed!
Winter Break and a pending feature!
Hello everyone!
Sorry that it's been radio silence over here for a bit. As y'all know, I'm a teacher. Things have picked up like CRAZY this school year, which means lately my weekends have been spent primarily asleep. I help with our school's choir and co-lead the robotics team, so life has been very...rapid-fire. Currently, it feels like I'd been driving at 80 mph and just slammed on the breaks. My mental health doesn't always do so great during insane schedules, and often doubles-down when the insane schedule suddenly stops.
That being said, I know one of the most rejuvenating things that I can do these next 2 weeks will be to catch up wi
Autumn Miscellany and Prompts
Autumn, particularly the month of October, is my favorite time of year. I'm not big on Halloween so much--could always kind of take it or leave it--but I absolutely love the coziness that comes with soft lights, candles, and the hearth. The sky even looks like it's a different shade of blue, some days, and I love it. I've recently learned a new word, hygge, (pronounced HOO-gah) which is a Danish word for the atmosphere created by coziness and closeness. Hygge is quickly becoming the cornerstone for my life, and it's comforting and grounding when so much seems hectic and uncertain.
And now for prompts! These are a few lines/concepts that have
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You'll be wonderful as a teacher, I'm sure of that! Of course you'll be missed, very much so, but many of us will keep you in our hearts. If you do stop by once in a while, please give your minions a shout! 
Btw, I'm on FB too, but hardly active. I have the opposite problem. I've always been more active on dA than FB.
Take care, Liz!
Btw, I'm on FB too, but hardly active. I have the opposite problem. I've always been more active on dA than FB.
Take care, Liz!