I think that’s the best part of life. The unexpected blessings. The feeling of being out of the woods for a bit. The feeling of finally being able to catch your breath after 6 months of running on the fumes of your own sanity. The dust settled. The storm passed. You can finally feel theContinue reading “Unexpected Blessings”
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The Grief of Outgrowing Young Adulthood
When you’re little it’s easy to make friends. You’re 4 years old, you see a kid on the playground & go up to them and ask if they want to play tag and by the end of the game you’re best friends! Excited and ready to explore other fun adventures on the playground together. It’sContinue reading “The Grief of Outgrowing Young Adulthood”
Killing Off my “Pick Me Girl” persona
For as long as I can remember I have been a pick me girl. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a “pick me girl” (as defined by Wikipedia) is “A woman who claims or acts as if she is unlike most other women, in order to gain attention from men.” But I wouldContinue reading “Killing Off my “Pick Me Girl” persona”
A Year Ago Today
A year ago today I discovered my boyfriend of 5 months had been unfaithful. And it was single handedly the best thing that could’ve happened to me. His actions are not excused, but I’d be lying if I said I was a saint in that relationship. I most definitely was not. We didn’t bring outContinue reading “A Year Ago Today”
Creating Security Without “Perfect Timing”
There’s only two types of timing. Now or Never. It isn’t Now, Later, or Never. In the same way that there is no 8th day of the week called “someday”. Later is never an option, because it isn’t guaranteed. Later is never a “sure thing”. The only thing we can ever be sure of isContinue reading “Creating Security Without “Perfect Timing””
Sometimes Pursuing Peace Looks Like Coping with Chaos
I heard a quote recently that said, “Whatever is the enemy of your peace needs to be removed.” While that sounds fine in theory, when you think deeper about what happens if you were to actually do that it causes us to ultimately live more self-centeredly.. it’s like saying, “if this doesn’t serve me thenContinue reading “Sometimes Pursuing Peace Looks Like Coping with Chaos”
An Open Letter to the Moms Who Are Grieving
If I knew the right words I’d write them. But there are no words that could bring you comfort. That doesn’t mean I won’t try to ease both of our broken hearts through my shaky hands and tear stained face. Time may heal some wounds of this world but the grief of a mother’s heartContinue reading “An Open Letter to the Moms Who Are Grieving”
The Non-Apology
As I’ve gotten older I’ve come to a bit of a crossroads of what behavior I can handle in my relationships and what type of behavior is worthy of a conversation to see if a compromise could be created. What I’ve found is that people who choose not to see their contributions as to howContinue reading “The Non-Apology”
What You Allow is What You *THINK* You Deserve
Sometimes the simplest things fascinate me the most— and the thing that has been fascinating me lately is how we program our mind to what we think we deserve. It’s a nutty concept really— how we perceive ourselves directly correlates with what we think we deserve. So if we don’t see ourselves as worthy ofContinue reading “What You Allow is What You *THINK* You Deserve”
The Unintentional Experiment
I am a very huggy-touchy person who comes from a huggy family. And as someone who values that kind of affection, you never know how much it drastically affects your life until, you don’t have it anymore. For the last 3 weeks I was unintentionally doing a blind experiment that I wasn’t even aware of.Continue reading “The Unintentional Experiment”
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