10 years ago today I was spending Christmas with my boyfriend and his family in the suburbs of Chicago. We had only began dating a few days before Thanksgiving but we quickly figured out that what we had was something special. While he went to his Freshman year of college in Ohio, and I wasContinue reading “When Your Favorite Christmas Present Comes From an Ex…”
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6 Steps Toward Empathetic Understanding
If you’re anything like me, I have a need to verbally process my thoughts and feelings. Keeping my thoughts and feelings inside of my brain just … 6 Steps Toward Empathetic Understanding
6 Steps Toward Empathetic Understanding
If you’re anything like me, I have a need to verbally process my thoughts and feelings. Keeping my thoughts and feelings inside of my brain just means I’m avoiding the reality that they are all jumbled up into this messy plate of spaghetti where no organization or resolution can happen. I’m spinning my wheels, butContinue reading “6 Steps Toward Empathetic Understanding”
Leaving First
I am the Queen of Overthinking, and trust me when I say it’s probably the most toxic throne. Overthinking is a slow poison made up of worst case scenarios I conjure up in my head that may or may not be rooted in actual reality but they are always rooted in a “perceived reality”, whichContinue reading “Leaving First”
The Intimate Quality
This time last year I took a step of faith out of my comfort zone as I met with an acquaintance from high school for dinner. Normally this wouldn’t be so out of character for me to meet up with someone after almost 10 years, but this was different. This guy was different. This wasContinue reading “The Intimate Quality”
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