Have you ever felt like you just need to be brought back to life? Like, you know the person you once were is in there somewhere, buried beneath it all, but you haven't seen them in a while? I swear, the older we get the quicker the time passes. And what's worse is I...
We all have things we don't really love about ourselves. We typically grow out of some of those things over time. Others we grow to actually love. And some, well, some we choose to change. I've always had a pretty sizeable gap in between my two front teeth. Some might...
I have really fond memories of Christmas from my childhood. My mother always put up an elaborate village, we had two Christmas trees, and Christmas break seemed to last forever. But as I've gotten older, there's an ever-present longing for that magic and joy. It's so...
Sunday light creeped through the window, and I stirred, an arm heavy over my waist. I rolled over to face him, and he hugged me in tight. Good morning. In an instant, I was seventeen again, back in my sky blue room, in my tiny daybed with a phone resting against my...
This isn't exactly a fun subject to talk about. As an adult, when my heart hurts, I typically do my best to hide it, to stuff it down. And I'd bet it's a safe guess to say I'm not alone here. I rocked broken hearts like a champ when I was a teenager. I had the emo...
Have you ever felt stuck? You wake up every single day and nothing is different than the day before? You keep promising yourself change, but nothing changes. That was me. Ideas swirled in abundance and the desire burned, but still, I was plagued with inertia. I want...