If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you might remember me talking about an influence in my life that’s kept me alive for the past almost 15 years. The organization To Write Love On Her Arms has been a part of my life since I was in high school. When I would look …
The thing about life is that…it’s going to happen. It happens to all of us. Some of us make it through relatively unscathed, but for the majority of us? We fight our battles and get our wounds. I’ve had to battle and scrap my way through this life in every single one of my 27 …
Every now and then, we must write unfiltered. To do so is usually an act of courage. Writing unfiltered in an incredibly filtered and harsh world can be an extremely difficult task. But it’s something we need to do. It allows others to see us for who we really are. And it allows for others …
A new year, a new chapter. New goals, and hopes and dreams. We’re here in day 3 of this new year, and perhaps it isn’t going as well as you hoped it might. Perhaps that goal you set, that resolution you made, already seems too far off course. Maybe you made a promise to yourself …
Five.Four.Three.Two.One. The ball drops and fireworks. Resolutions are made.People scream and people kiss and is it possible to change?Is it really truly possible to leave the past behind? Welcome to Midnight. We assign hope to many things. Each year, so many of us assign hope to this evening, to midnight, to welcoming in the New …
I heard that you’ve beenSelf-medicating in the quiet of your room,Your sweet, suburban tomb.And if you need a friend,I’ll help you stitch up your wounds. I heard that you’ve beenHaving some trouble finding your place in the world.I know how much that hurts, But if you need a friendThen please just say the word You’ve …
Do you ever ask that? Why me, why is this happening, what did I do to deserve this…? All of those questions and more. I know I do. I ask “why”, and the many forms of “why”, all the time. Why do I deserve this, how is that fair, what did I do so wrong…all …
If hope is hard to find, keep looking. If you’re searching for a reason why…keep searching. “The stars are always there but we miss them in the dirt and clouds. We miss them in the storms. Tell them to remember hope. We have hope.” It can be so easy to forget, and I come back …
I am living a story where I believe in hope for others, but not for myself. I’ve never believed in myself, or that a better ending is even possible for me. This week, I’ve been challenged. I’ve been asked to write as of hope is possible for me, as if I believe in better for …
You can have pain, and still have hope for a better tomorrow. Read More »
I’ve lived my life listening to the lies of others, which then turned into lies to myself. I’m not worth it. I’m a cancer. Nothing will ever be okay or better. This is just how it is, and I deserve it. I’m a failure, I ruin everything. I’ve been told I should die. Repeatedly. That …
We are more than just the lies we tell ourselves. Read More »