While my friends, all beautiful with diamond promises on their left hands, live out overflowing love and beginnings, I’m here in this empty, secret, overgrowth …
Author Sarah Nicole Smetana: The Band That Vanished and the Songs That Stayed
By the time I was electrocuted on an ungrounded stage in San Bernardino, my first band was already over. We hadn’t broken up yet, but …
College and 21st Century Courtship
Flash back to about seven months ago. It’s the middle of summer, and my boyfriend and I were knee-deep in a Say Yes to the …
Author Kes Trester: Sitting at the Cool Kids’ Table
We all experience feelings of not belonging, of thinking we’re the only one standing alone at a party when everyone else is having a great …
The Truth About Love
“Putting someone’s needs above your own desires.” “Forgiving someone without consequences.” “Letting someone have that LAST piece of cake.” These are all common beliefs of …
To My Dear Friends Who I Have Pushed Away
I’m in a really strange place right now. My thoughts are not my own. I don’t know my rights or wrongs. I feel invisible and …
Is Social Media Destroying Relationships?
Lately, I have found it impossible not to acknowledge the growing impact of social media on any sort of relationship. You think that social media …
To the One That Broke My Heart
To the one that broke my heart, It’s been two days, and I wonder if you’re okay. I wonder if you’re in as much pain …
You Taught Me How to Love
falling in love in my late teens, i thought i knew everything i needed to know. i thought those movies where the girl falls in …