A Dedication to the Way You Tore Me to Pieces

“I can’t say loving you was easy. I can’t say it was easy like it’s easy to miss the sun during the winter and it wasn’t easy like loving the way leaves turn color in the fall. Loving you was so hard- But nothing, nothing, could compare to losing you. When you left my life …

5 by 5 Rule

F. Scott Fitzgerald once said that the loneliest moment in someone’s life is “when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” Although written within the context of one of his (arguably) greatest literary achievements, The Great Gatsby, it remains as one of the most powerful and …

The One

“You know you’re going to grow old with the person you are dating when you are your absolute weirdest around them. They love all of your dumb jokes and even your most awkward, spontaneous dance routines, and they never judge you for who you are. Sometimes, you’re so cheesy with each other that you both …

Losing You

"After a few months, I realized that losing you wasn't really a loss. Losing you made sense. Losing you was inevitable. I los you because I never really had you. You were never really mine, you were always searching for something away from me- you were always thinking of someone else when you were with …

Compassion For Strangers

Growing up, the slogan ‘stranger, danger’ was imprinted in our minds, leaving behind a trace of fear and anxiety behind anyone we don’t know that stresses us like nothing else. Even simply having them near or around us and acting ‘suspicious’ will set us on edge and forces us to calculate an escape route or find …

You Are Not For Everyone

“You are not for everyone. There are poems within you that people will not be able to handle, storms surging through your bones that young men and women will never be able to weather. You are going to be misunderstood in the way you care, for you will love people not for what is obvious …

Where Does It Go?

“Sometimes I wonder why we drift away from people. Sometimes I wonder where it all goes. The lengthy conversations, the secrets, the kisses, the tender words, the love. Where do they all go? Sometimes I wonder if it makes sense. Losing people who kept you breathing, losing people who made you smile, losing people who …

Loving Yourself (Pt. 6): Small Ways To Show Your Parents You Love Them

Sometimes it’s not about yourself, but rather those around you who love you and want to see you be the best version of yourself possible. In my personal experience, those people who have remained constant throughout my life have been my parents. They were there on day 1 and have been my number one fans …

Tearing Off The Blindfold

“Suddenly you’re 21 and even though three years ago you swore to yourself you’d have everything figured out at this age it’s not the case. At all. You still cry your heart out over boys who do not deserve a single one of your tears, you still struggle to let go of things and people …

Shortalls

Let me start with this today- some fashion is not only cute and wonderful to wear, but also extremely comfortable. And personally, the more comfort, the better. So when I stumbled upon shortalls, it was love at first sight. Although I find that in the summer it’s usually way easier to dress like you’re put …