Tag: love
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A Bowl Coozy and the Onset of Old Age
I have embarked on a new journey… a sewing journey, to be exact. Tonight I made my first bowl coozy. What TikTok promised would be a quick and easy thirty-minute project turned into an hours-long adventure. I thought I’d have enough time to get a couple hours of knitting in tonight, but I’ll have to… Read more
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I Call Them Towers
I have these moments in my life that I like to call “towers.” They are significant memories or ideas that seem to shake every preconceived notion I had about something. It’s like an idea I held so close to my heart suddenly comes crashing down. The last time this happened to me was at a… Read more
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Loosening My Grip
These past couple of months, leading up to turning twenty-six, I’ve held on so tightly to the idea that I’m going to fall in love and meet my person. So tightly that almost every person I came across, no matter how small the interaction, my mind couldn’t help but wonder if they were the one—if… Read more
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I Refuse to Be Half-Known
I’ll say it once and only once: I wish so badly I wasn’t single. I’ve been single for almost four years now, and for the most part, I really do wish I were in a relationship. I wish I had someone to come home to, or someone rooting for me. I feel like I could have been… Read more
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I Learned Something Against My Will
I hate to admit it, but I did actually learn something throughout this whole master’s degree process. I have officially learned how to ask the big questions—both in research and when looking at overarching data. I never thought I had a brain for research, and honestly, I still don’t think I really do. But I… Read more
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The Truth About What I Want
Can I tell you a secret? I have no idea what I’m doing, and I have no desire to,and that feels odd. I used to think I wanted to have everything in my life figured out, but the older I get, the less I care. Actually, that’s not what I want to talk about. I… Read more