Unrealistic Expectations
For him to ask you how you're doing. To visit the home you've put your heart into. To ask to hang out. To ask about your life. Your...
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- Jan 2, 2023
- 2 min
There's a lot that no one knows about me.
Which is on purpose. I try very hard to be a kind person, but it's really a facade so I feel safe and protected at a distance. There's a...
- Jan 2, 2023
- 3 min
Let me tell you about my boyfriend.
I was divorced for almost a year when he interviewed me for a job. When I accepted the offer, I was the only American with a team of 6...
- Aug 29, 2022
- 1 min
There are two of me.
There's the one who survived a traumatic event. ...She still emails other survivors. ....She works with the police. ...She does therapy...
- Aug 28, 2022
- 1 min
When plans don't go as planned.
I spiral. I feel like I did when my high school boyfriend told me he had cheated. I feel like I did when my ex husband said goodbye in...
- Aug 26, 2022
- 1 min
I have me.
When I have no one else, I have me. When I lose everything, I have me. When I’m lost or scared or stuck, I have me. When people say they...
- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
The shoes
When I moved back home, I barely had money in my bank account. I had less than $200 available at any given time. I wasn't mentally or...
- Aug 14, 2022
- 1 min
To fall in love
Isn't falling, is it? It's magnetism. You're drawn together. It's an equal push and pull. With acceptance and love. Full of safety and...
- Aug 2, 2022
- 1 min
What I missed
I got married. Drove 8hr to Nashville the next day. Flew for our honeymoon the day after that. Flew back six days later. Changed my last...
- Aug 1, 2022
- 1 min
What it comes down to.
I don’t want my family to think I didn’t choose them. Just like my dad didn’t choose me. I don’t want them to think I don’t love them...
- Jul 31, 2022
- 1 min
This pattern I know
When I start hating myself and who I am. I deep clean. I need to organize. I make piles of items I want to throw away or donate. I have...
- Jul 31, 2022
- 1 min
What does 3 years look like?
I'm making choices to shape my future, not out of survival. I've chosen a job that makes me happier and fits my strengths better. I don't...
- Jul 31, 2022
- 1 min
I'm scared
To wear dark lipstick. To go public on Instagram. To be found. To wear bold dresses. To get married. Have kids. Travel alone. Lead my...
- Jul 28, 2022
- 1 min
What you value
My dad and his girlfriend are taking a break. "I don't want to give up my time. If I go to dinner with her after work then I won't get...
- Jul 27, 2022
- 1 min
I feel change
In the warm summer air. As it brushes my hair and burns my chest. I'm not good with change. Or goodbyes. Or forced hellos even. Our...
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
A Game of Chess
I stared at the board. Too scared to place the first piece. Too scared to lose. Not knowing which move first. Nothing happened. I hoped...
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
It’s when I say goodbye.
When do I typically feel the most sad? It’s when I say goodbye. It’s ending a conversation. Leaving the dinner or party. Kissing you at...
- Mar 17, 2022
- 1 min
The distance
I don’t know if I can do it. I already travel. For work. And life. And then for a relationship. How do I do it all without losing myself?
- Jan 17, 2022
- 1 min
If we both believed
the lies she said, we weren’t meant for each other. She filled our heads with stories about each other. And we believed them. He believed...
- Jan 14, 2022
- 1 min
Your Name
I had it until a month ago. I only changed it two weeks before we had dinner. Three years since we saw each other. Almost the same amount...
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