It’s been a strange, sad year, and I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in that. I’ve done a lot I’m proud of and I have many things to be grateful for, but I also feel like I spent most of this past year asleep. Everything’s all blurred together. The future feels so uncertain, and some things don’t hold as much shine as they once did. Still, I’m extending a cautious hope for this new year, because what else can we do but step into the unknown and search for the light?
Happy birthday! I really hope you can enjoy yourself this weekend. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has found incredible comfort in your words this year, but every one of these lil comics has warmed my heart. Best wishes for 2022!
I turned 31 this year and just had my own sickening fall; reading what you've shared here is the first thing that's really made me start to feel like things will probably be okay again. Happy birthday.
Really appreciate this post (all of them, really) and really appreciate you. Thank you for sharing your journey. My partner now has a sign next to her work desk that says "there are many more joys than to climb".
I'm only reading this one comic now, but-- wow. I really wanted to say that I love how it turns the usual moutain climbing metaphor into more. It's-- I-- thank you for this.
I hope - as it's slowly coming to a close - that your 31st year has had nice, cozy things in it, too.
I turned 40 near the end of last year. I've done nothing with my life. Four decades trapped inside my own head, afraid of everything, most of all being myself. But I did something last year, seeing that birthday coming. I started to transition. Started with changing my wardrobe, added she/her to my they/them pronouns, asserted myself as agender *and* femme regardless of not fully being able to explain it because it's how I have felt forever, found my name after years of feeling like I didn't have one, and a month before my birthday I started HRT.
I spent my whole life mourning for the self I didn't get to be. Not knowing how to live. I still don't know how to live, but I get to do my middle age wrong as myself.
Noelle you don't know how proud I am of you, expressing how much you have helped me is inexplicable. You have saved me in this pandemic, I and your fans (who love you too much) will always be there for you, to support you in everything. We love you too much Noelle, thank you for existing in this world where you make me very happy
Happy birthday!! You're just six months younger than me! I relate hard to that void, and I think hitting a milestone birthday in a pandemic is super surreal. For now I'm just clinging on by my fingernails knowing things will be brighter in the future. I am rooting for you, for me and for all of us!
Hi there. I can't express how much I value the the honest detail (and where appropriate, humor :P ) in your writing and illustrations when tackling subjects both difficult and nebulous. I turned 30 a while ago, but this struck a nerve (in a good way) and has given me some comfort -- I'm not the only one? Anyways, thanks for bringing us along; your work has brought a lot of clarity for how I sometimes feel and hope you continue to make progress for yourself in 2022 and beyond!
Happy Belated Birthday! Thank you for letting us all be a part of your journey. I have so many things to catch up on watching myself - I'm a big anime fan, so My Hero Academia is on my list, as well as The Way of the Househusband, Arcane, This Is Us (new season starts tomorrow!), and many other shows. I'm also going to watch The Amazing Race this year since Kim and Penn from The Holderness Family will be on; their videos and parodies have helped me get through 2021!
Honestly, the 30s are great. It was when i finally started actually knowing myself, but not just that. It's when I finally started giving so many less fucks about what anyone thought. It sounds like you're doing a lot of that and how fucking rad is that? It's awesome that you're embracing the unknown, refinding the kind of writing that feels like it's for you (as I read it), and getting to know your body as it changes (even if that means ALL the ass selfies. Which honestly is entertaining as hell for you to share).
Also, omg. I hate when people challenge the new year. Very happy you clarified to 2022 that that was a joke! 🤣
As for shows, this is nowhere near reality TV but I fucking love this show called "In the Dark" and I'm always trying to get ppl to watch it because it's really good. Hope you find something you like!
Happy birthday (-----)! Congrats on choosing a new name. Being trans can sometimes feel so much like a rejection of things, your old ways of being, your old appearance, your old name. But in choosing a new name I think we can find comfort and power because after all being trans is about acceptance more than it is about rejection. Choosing a name can be hard even painful, if you've found the one for you, cherish it and keep it safe. It's yours as long as you want it, be that forever or a day.
Your posts always hit me in my most soft of the spots. I've always had a rough time dealing with emotions, but you put it in a way that just gets me. Thank you for that and for sticking by for another year :)
Happy birthday! I really hope you can enjoy yourself this weekend. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has found incredible comfort in your words this year, but every one of these lil comics has warmed my heart. Best wishes for 2022!
Happy Birthday! And Happy New Year! Congrats on surviving 30 years without being hit by a meteor or sumthin’ have a great day!
the great pottery throw down
I turned 31 this year and just had my own sickening fall; reading what you've shared here is the first thing that's really made me start to feel like things will probably be okay again. Happy birthday.
Really appreciate this post (all of them, really) and really appreciate you. Thank you for sharing your journey. My partner now has a sign next to her work desk that says "there are many more joys than to climb".
Check out Bake Squad on Netflix :)
Happy New Year <3 Thank you for everything
I'm only reading this one comic now, but-- wow. I really wanted to say that I love how it turns the usual moutain climbing metaphor into more. It's-- I-- thank you for this.
I hope - as it's slowly coming to a close - that your 31st year has had nice, cozy things in it, too.
I turned 40 near the end of last year. I've done nothing with my life. Four decades trapped inside my own head, afraid of everything, most of all being myself. But I did something last year, seeing that birthday coming. I started to transition. Started with changing my wardrobe, added she/her to my they/them pronouns, asserted myself as agender *and* femme regardless of not fully being able to explain it because it's how I have felt forever, found my name after years of feeling like I didn't have one, and a month before my birthday I started HRT.
I spent my whole life mourning for the self I didn't get to be. Not knowing how to live. I still don't know how to live, but I get to do my middle age wrong as myself.
Noelle you don't know how proud I am of you, expressing how much you have helped me is inexplicable. You have saved me in this pandemic, I and your fans (who love you too much) will always be there for you, to support you in everything. We love you too much Noelle, thank you for existing in this world where you make me very happy
Happy birthday!! You're just six months younger than me! I relate hard to that void, and I think hitting a milestone birthday in a pandemic is super surreal. For now I'm just clinging on by my fingernails knowing things will be brighter in the future. I am rooting for you, for me and for all of us!
Hi there. I can't express how much I value the the honest detail (and where appropriate, humor :P ) in your writing and illustrations when tackling subjects both difficult and nebulous. I turned 30 a while ago, but this struck a nerve (in a good way) and has given me some comfort -- I'm not the only one? Anyways, thanks for bringing us along; your work has brought a lot of clarity for how I sometimes feel and hope you continue to make progress for yourself in 2022 and beyond!
Happy Belated Birthday! Thank you for letting us all be a part of your journey. I have so many things to catch up on watching myself - I'm a big anime fan, so My Hero Academia is on my list, as well as The Way of the Househusband, Arcane, This Is Us (new season starts tomorrow!), and many other shows. I'm also going to watch The Amazing Race this year since Kim and Penn from The Holderness Family will be on; their videos and parodies have helped me get through 2021!
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday! For me, my 30s was/is when I really got to know myself, and I wish you all the best.
Happy Birthday and Happy New Year!
Honestly, the 30s are great. It was when i finally started actually knowing myself, but not just that. It's when I finally started giving so many less fucks about what anyone thought. It sounds like you're doing a lot of that and how fucking rad is that? It's awesome that you're embracing the unknown, refinding the kind of writing that feels like it's for you (as I read it), and getting to know your body as it changes (even if that means ALL the ass selfies. Which honestly is entertaining as hell for you to share).
Also, omg. I hate when people challenge the new year. Very happy you clarified to 2022 that that was a joke! 🤣
As for shows, this is nowhere near reality TV but I fucking love this show called "In the Dark" and I'm always trying to get ppl to watch it because it's really good. Hope you find something you like!
Happy birthday (-----)! Congrats on choosing a new name. Being trans can sometimes feel so much like a rejection of things, your old ways of being, your old appearance, your old name. But in choosing a new name I think we can find comfort and power because after all being trans is about acceptance more than it is about rejection. Choosing a name can be hard even painful, if you've found the one for you, cherish it and keep it safe. It's yours as long as you want it, be that forever or a day.
Your posts always hit me in my most soft of the spots. I've always had a rough time dealing with emotions, but you put it in a way that just gets me. Thank you for that and for sticking by for another year :)