A Mix of Writings

"Hallie, you need to stop dating assholes." "Yeah, it's like I attract them or something..." I said. "No, you're attracted to them," he...

I had just listed all the reasons why my new relationship wouldn't work. The distance from my family. The language barrier. My career....

"That sounds emotionally exhausting." "It is. I'm tired all the time," I replied. But I'm farther now than I've ever been. More myself...

I didn't need wine. Or lots of chocolate. I didn't need sex or bread. I wrote. I wrote and I wrote, and it wasn't painful. It didn't...

I've never met you, but I feel like I know you. I know your laughter late at night. Or the facial expressions you make when you're...

"Eventually, you'll have to choose," he'd say. You can't be cute and cuddly and be taken seriously. You can't be sweet and caring and...

Is it normal to cry after getting a raise? Not out of happiness, but because you feel you don't deserve it? You're reminded of the time...

The night snow blew against my bay window as I wiped the paint off my yoga mat. I let my niece and nephew steal rocks from the parking...

"Envision your perfect day..." I don't know how many times I would listen to that meditation. I'd sit there, legs crossed, trying to...