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  • Filling A Physical Void With An Inevitable Goodbye

    Have you ever played a losing game? A game you knew you’d never win? You play, putting everything on the line, because you know you’ll lose anyway. So, why hold back? In some ways, playing makes the pain easier to manage, but it doesn’t hurt any less. I played a losing game recently. I knew the…

  • When the Heart Hesitates

    The door is unlocked, and you let yourself in. You have the fish in hand and sit across from me at the dining table. We take a moment and our eyes meet. There was something in the air last night, wasn’t there? I laugh it off and pretend as though I didn’t ask you to stay in…

  • what if?

    What if we could have it all? And by all, I mean ALL. Every single thing you’ve ever dreamed of? What if we believe that all our dreams came true? Would it be as delusional as I sound?  What if fear was a foreign concept? What if the only feelings that mattered were your own?…

  • A Love Affair With Light

    Did you know I have a tattoo of the sun behind my left ear? I got the tattoo when I was eighteen and madly in love with the sun. I remember that my obsession with the sun started when I was young. I even remember going on and on about it to my friend in…

  • The Life You Didn’t Plan, But Needed

    Why is it that every time my period is even slightly late, I like to think I’m pregnant? It could be one day, and immediately my mind believes that I’m carrying a child. It’s like I jump to worst-case scenarios every time. One of the reasons I hate being a woman. Don’t get me wrong—I…

  • Sips & Slips: The Urge To Ruin It All

    6/22/2024: Okay, ladies, let’s have a conversation. Why is it that when things are going so well, I want to call my ex? I mean, seriously, it’s like when everything is going so smoothly, I need to be torn down by a man…a very insignificant man. Maybe I’ll call it self-sabotage, but why can’t I…