I grew up hearing “Quit crying or I’ll give you something to cry about.” Any act of anger was doubled-up on and became a battle a child could never win. Privileges were revoked—it felt like I was grounded whenever perfection…
I have a friend who had her whole life planned out. She knew where she’d go to college and she did it. She knew where she wanted a job and she did that too. Me? I flew on the wind…
I knew someone a year younger than me who wanted to live in the 1920’s. They fell in love with the glitz and glamour and heteronormative roles of the family that our history books portray. “Honey I’m home. What’s for…
“Self love is a good thing but self awareness is more important. You need to once in a while go, ‘Uh I’m kind of an a-hole.’” Louis C.K. It’s been on my mind for a while: I treat Jesus like…
“It’s in the US now?” I said through gritted teeth when I first heard the coronavirus (now called COVID-19) was in California. How could the Chinese officials let this happen? They lied, said it was nothing to worry about, and…
Instead of making resolutions that I’ll forget by February, every year I pick a word that I want to focus on. In high school it was always “courage” or “perseverance” and last year I made the mistake of choosing “peace,”…
After sharing my struggle with depression, and the 3-days that hit harder than I’d ever experienced before (or since), emails, comments, and texts came pouring in. People in Kenya, Cameroon, Philippines, and across the United States shared their story with…
In high school I was suicidal. Although the impulse was overwhelming at times, it would come on like a wave and be gone in a couple of hours. This time was different. This time everything was different. It began like…
Do you ever have a day where the weight of existence weighs heavy on your shoulders? Like every thought is trying to drag you into the crust of the Earth. I have to make $ X. I need this for…
Sometimes my dog does bad things. Kasey will get into the kitchen trash, take bites out of toilet paper rolls, and treats the kitty litter like an appetizer plate. (I’ve spent over $50 trying to keep her out of the…
