When break ups happen, I think the person who did the breaking up is often overlooked. The person who got broken up with must be so shattered, must need tons of support - but, no one stops to think about how hard it really is to break up with someone. It takes a lot of…
Continue reading ➞ The Courage It Takes To End A Relationship
When I say I don't want kids, everyone says: "you'll change your mind!" or "you're still young!" or "are you sure?" Yes, I'm sure. It's one of the first things I told my boyfriend and reminded him of almost monthly to make sure he was okay with it too. Because I won't change my mind,…
It feels like a lifetime ago, but when I was dumped back in college I actually learned a lot about myself that helped shape me into the person I am today. A break up can often be a great thing for us. Here are 10 things great things that came from my boyfriend dumping me:…
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Love can change us. Young love shapes us, quick love pleases us, the love that's here to stay grounds us. But I don't think anything changes you more than the hate that can come from love when everything goes wrong. I have loved people in situations that didn't end poorly. We lost touch and I…
On April 23, 2020 I wrote a blog post on this exact topic. I will be the first to admit I've been thoroughly naïve through this whole pandemic, always thinking that things were about to get better. It's been over a year since I wrote that last post and now, finally, things are slightly resembling…
Continue reading ➞ Anxiety Around Actually Returning To Normal
We always talk about the normal milestones of life. You walk, you talk, you go to school and you graduate. You get a job, get married, have a kid, retire and the end. But no one ever really talks about those weird milestones in life that everyone seems to hit around a certain age that…
We often stop and think to ourselves about how stressed out we are. How tired we are. How we could just use a day off. But we never really stop and think that we need all of those things because we've stopped taking care of ourselves. We just think that it's been a busy week,…
I've never had a good memory and I've never had a huge attachment to places. But if I have a token of a place or a photo of a time, then I'm able to remember the event more clearly. I collect things from important people and places I go and I've become very sentimental. I…
A lot of people are scared of changing. They are scared of the unknown and they are scared of their loved ones changing. Because when people change, you don't always change with them. But I actually love change. For four years of my life I was the same person, dating the same guy. I went…
I'm pretty picky about the places I call home, I also think I approach it a little differently than most people. I can attach the word "home" to a place where I genuinely felt love, felt welcome, and felt comfortable. I've had a lot of homes in my life. And I've had a lot of…
