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Italy calls me home, part II

ramirejoyApr 26, 2024Apr 29, 2024
I hope you all made it through this shit storm of a month. Solar eclipse, full moon in Scorpio–my power-packed...
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Italy calls me home

ramirejoyApr 19, 2024Apr 19, 2024
Two different friends reached out to me while I was in Italy to tell me they had a dream that...
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Mental healthTravel

Italy, 2024 edition: On fearing the unknown and staying in your own story

ramirejoyMar 2, 2024Apr 19, 2024
We leave for Italy in three days!!! Eek This may come as a shock but I am here, writing, reminiscing...
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Making a comeback!

ramirejoyDec 1, 2023
Hi there! It has been a long time since I posted here. I’ve gone through one of the longest stretches...
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Missing her

ramirejoyJun 16, 2023
This week June is away at a sleep away camp and I am having such a hard time. I miss...
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An unforgettable night

ramirejoyMay 12, 2023
Last weekend I took June to see Taylor Swift in concert here in Nashville. The lead up to the weekend...
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I’m still here

ramirejoyApr 21, 2023
You may have noticed that I haven’t been writing on the blog lately. I have felt unable to articulate with...
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A change of plans

ramirejoyMar 10, 2023
Last week we made the tough decision to cancel our trip to Italy. I haven’t been feeling well lately, and...
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Tunnel vision

ramirejoyFeb 24, 2023Feb 24, 2023
The only thing I have to fear is fear itself. Daniel said that to me this week when I was...
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Of bullies and boredom

ramirejoyFeb 17, 2023Feb 17, 2023
I hate to say no to invitations but lately I’ve been doing a lot of that. I am saying no...
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Getting ready

ramirejoyFeb 12, 2023
“Both are true.” When DT (my therapist) said this to me last week I had to stop and write it...
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Writing

Ice, ice baby

ramirejoyFeb 3, 2023Feb 3, 2023
“Lift me up” I’ve been listening to this song by Rhianna at least once a day since I saw the...
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Writing

On vulnerability

ramirejoyJan 27, 2023Jan 27, 2023
The word vulnerability keeps coming up for me lately. I feel vulnerable a lot these days. I feel vulnerable when...
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Letting go

ramirejoyJan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023
My husband’s parents died in June, 2021 one week apart. No one expected his dad, my father-in-law to go first....
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