Flowers in My Garden
I started reaching into my mind again, reaching into the deep depths of it where I had previously buried all my thoughts and ideas and goals…
Continue ReadingI started reaching into my mind again, reaching into the deep depths of it where I had previously buried all my thoughts and ideas and goals…
Continue ReadingGrowing up in a conservative family, I’d never tasted such freedom. I longed for it more than anything else…
Continue ReadingMy walls are stained with the skittish color of burgundy.
A shade that reminds me of my mother…
In 2013 I was in Algebra 1 for the second time around. A sophomore in a freshman class, the only sophomore too I think…
Continue ReadingI have felt guilty all my life. Guilty about leaving, guilty about conforming to outdated standards for girls, for eating too much, for eating too little…
Continue ReadingSponsored Post Dreams can be fascinating, stress-relieving, stress-boosting, exhausting, and depressing. With the different behaviors of dreams, it is difficult to determine whether your dreams are good or bad for you. We all dream every night, and every dream is different from the previous one in some manner. It becomes challenging at times to remember […]
Continue ReadingI was 25 when my therapist diagnosed me with an eating disorder. I legit said to her, “But I’m not skinny!” And she said words that shattered my world in the best way possible: “You don’t have to be skinny in order to have an eating disorder.” This week has been national eating disorder awareness […]
Continue ReadingTurning 21 is a huge milestone and deserves to be celebrated in style. Most people head straight to the bar upon turning 21, and, granted, this makes plenty of sense when you’ve been counting the days until you could legally buy a drink. While that can be fun, there are other ways to spend this […]
Continue ReadingI was 23 years old when I got my first writing break. A college friend was working for the editor who’d acquired rights for famed Olympic gymnastics’ coach Bela Karolyi’s autobiography. I wrote a proposal, and my friend put it in a pile with the other potential writers. A few weeks later, Bela called and […]
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