I've been searching for answers lately. Guidance. Courage and clarity. Things I know, I've started to second guess. I've been holding my breath, scared to take a chance. I can see what I want my future to look like, but moving forward seems useless because nothing is...
Throwback
Break to Heal
I've always been a firm believer in the good. I can't say I'm an optimist, I think life has weathered me into a bitter human, but I always hold on to hope. When things start to spiral out of control, life falling apart around me, I can't help but be filled with a bit...
Decide & Do
I feel the limitations weighing down on me. The judgements. The expectations. The assumptions. It seems we are all slotted into a certain category early on in life, and we spend the rest of our lives trying to break free from that box. Because honestly, who likes...
Lonely Days Are Gone, I’ma Goin’ Home
There's an emptiness. An un-wholeness. A sense of brokenness. It sits inside my heart, and I can't be sure if it'll ever go away. It's not a sadness, exactly, though I am sad. It's more the revelation that things won't ever be the same ever again. There's a sick...
Trading Authenticity for Approval
I found myself staring at a blank screen day in and day out, feeling compelled to become something that I'm not. I found myself feeling bitter, jealous, and annoyed that others were successful at something I didn't want. I spent hours absorbing information I couldn't...
From Senior Prom to Wedding Bells
Last night, I leaned over the back of the couch to kiss my husband good night. I still like you, I whispered before kissing his cheek. An odd thing to say, sure, but still the truth. We met seventeen years ago in eighth grade P.E. class. Friends only,...