High in the tropical hills surrounded by orchids, the Guest House Treated staffed by Extravagant fairies welcomes visitors. Visitors may apply for the seasonal butterfly watching retreats. While visiting they may be massaged by snakes with fragrant oils, take walks with leopards, watch the entertainments of tamarind monkeys, and bathe in the green waters pooled below the waterfalls. Colorful rocks line the soaking pools.
Guests drink Treated elixir in flute glasses while they soak.
Extravagant fairies bring them passionfruit cupcakes and mango smoothies.
At the end of their stay, the fairies send them home with a custom-made bottle of perfume and jar of spice so that they may remember Treated as long as possible.
Relatable — I used this word in my reviews of Depression Hates a Moving Target by Nita Sweeney on Goodreads and Amazon . It's a nice word, but overused of late. So, it feels lazy. What do I mean? I connected with this book. It made me reflect more on my own first marathon experience. It made me want to put on my running shoes and head out the door again. In fact, I did. Now, typically, my mental health doesn't hinder my ability to do the stuff I want to do and my body flies under the radar. Still, I also felt goofy stepping out in my running gear a lot of the time. I didn't see myself as a "runner" or an athlete. And, I had no idea if I could run 13 miles let alone 26.2 when I started. More to the point, could I stay moving for the 4+ hours straight it would take to complete the marathon? To do the training mileage, I knew I'd have to run through streets and trails on my own and that made me nervous, too. Waves of grief wash us to strange shores. Whe...
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