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By untilthelastminute1 Posted on May 5, 2022

Letters in Anger and Grief and Fear: Roe v. Wade

If you are pro-life and cheer the loss of Roe v. Wade do not wish me, a mother, a Happy Mother’s Day. Signed, Someone who faced life-threatening pregnancy complicationsSomeone who … Continue reading Letters in Anger and Grief and Fear: Roe v. Wade

Categories: UncategorizedTags: abortion, Bible, Church, Faithlife, family, mental health, Parenting, personal narrative, Roe v. Wade
By untilthelastminute1 Posted on April 3, 2021April 9, 2021

Poem 4

My heart is a stuttering moon caught in her waxing phase. Unable to expand or release she holds at once too full and not full enough– –a rounded gaseous belly. … Continue reading Poem 4

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By untilthelastminute1 Posted on March 8, 2021March 14, 2021

I Am Not Good

I am not good. I do not sit in the dirt and dust of my ruined house, refusing to curse God. My voice is a tempest—raw and cracking thunder. The … Continue reading I Am Not Good

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By untilthelastminute1 Posted on November 3, 2020

A Line in the Sand

My heart is at once mending and breaking and today I am hopeful and extremely afraid. Black Lives Matter. LGBTQ people should be able to love how they want. Trans … Continue reading A Line in the Sand

Categories: UncategorizedTags: Election, Election2020, mental health, Thoughts
By untilthelastminute1 Posted on August 6, 2020August 6, 2020

What it’s like to have Covid 19: Day 4

Welcome to living with Covid-19 Recap: -Discernible symptoms began Sunday August 2nd with a sudden unexplainable loss of taste and smell. -My husband and I both tested positive and received … Continue reading What it’s like to have Covid 19: Day 4

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By untilthelastminute1 Posted on August 5, 2020

What it’s like to have Covid 19: Days 1, 2, 3

Hi there, I’m a social worker located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On Sunday August 2nd, my husband and I were tested for Coronavirus/Covid-19, and we now know we are positive for … Continue reading What it’s like to have Covid 19: Days 1, 2, 3

Categories: UncategorizedTags: Corona virus, Coronavirus, Covid, Covid 19, Covid19, Feelings, I have corona, Pandemic, symptoms
By untilthelastminute1 Posted on March 15, 2020March 15, 2020

COVID-19 and Making Decisions or Why I’m Not Going to Church Tomorrow

There are things I can help and things I can’t. Despite my anxiety I dug myself deep in to the reputable news and the research today, determined to have a … Continue reading COVID-19 and Making Decisions or Why I’m Not Going to Church Tomorrow

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By untilthelastminute1 Posted on January 1, 2020January 1, 2020

Absolving Your Doubt

Doubt is a funnel web, sometimes woven with a fraying yarn in a disconnected pattern of lazy loops and holes, other times knitted securely with steel thread. It’s threads are … Continue reading Absolving Your Doubt

Categories: UncategorizedTags: doubt, Faith, newyears, newyearsresolutions
By untilthelastminute1 Posted on April 5, 2019

Anxiety

There is nothing lost on her singing wind who leaps from whispers to wails, she’s got nothing to lose Do not hold me too closely she says mood swings–she promises … Continue reading Anxiety

Categories: mental health, Poetry
By untilthelastminute1 Posted on April 2, 2019April 2, 2019

Kindergarden: Mothering and Letting Go

Parenting is skinning your knees a thousand times a day. Before it even stops throbbing the wound is ripped open again, ragged flesh meeting unforgiving pavement. It’s not a superficial … Continue reading Kindergarden: Mothering and Letting Go

Categories: Mental Health, ParentingTags: city living, grace, mental health, Old Testament, Parenting
By untilthelastminute1 Posted on October 28, 2018October 28, 2018

It Happened Here. Again. Shooting in my Hometown.

Tick. Tick. Tick. The turn signal taps in concert with the muffled drops of rain while I wait for a steady stream of cars to pass. It’s afternoon, en-route to … Continue reading It Happened Here. Again. Shooting in my Hometown.

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By untilthelastminute1 Posted on August 4, 2018August 5, 2018

Unfinished.

When I had just fallen over the edge of 15, a therapist with a mustache to rival The Kentucky Colonel sat me down in his office and diagnosed me with ADHD and unspecified depressive disorder.

Categories: mental health, Non-Fiction, UncategorizedTags: ADHD, anxiety, depression, mental health, neurodiversity, personal narrative

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  • Letters in Anger and Grief and Fear: Roe v. Wade May 5, 2022
  • Poem 4 April 3, 2021
  • I Am Not Good March 8, 2021
  • A Line in the Sand November 3, 2020
  • What it’s like to have Covid 19: Day 4 August 6, 2020

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