Archive - Checking Out

The existentialism of motherhood

Emotional warfare and the greatest love I've ever known.

Jun 11 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

May 2025

An Answered Prayer

The shelter dog who made me a dog mom again

May 31 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

Thanks, it's Vintage

Once a millennial, always a millennial.

May 20 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

Influenced Pt.1

Are influencers the ultimate anti-Capitalist?

May 13 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

April 2025

Elbows Deeps in Dirt

Earth is the most grounding place I'ver ever known.

Apr 29 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

An ode to the dogs who raised me

Apr 18 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

Diving Head First

How a trip to the gyno and an email from your accountant can send you overboard.

Apr 17 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

A bed not my own

You can always go home.

Apr 15 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

Against My Will

Here comes book number two...

Apr 4 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

March 2025

In Need of an Enema

My brain needs a fresh start, a clean gut, a little something something.

Mar 28 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

The Abacus of Existing

An ode to Spring

Mar 20 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

A grand old time

The time I thought about being a Trad wife.

Mar 14 •

Vanessa Rose Lima

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