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As I near the end of my high school career, preparing to say goodbye and trying feverishly to thank every beautiful soul who the stars have blessed me with over the past four years, I find such gratefulness in my heart. Gratefulness for the smiles, the people who could make me throw my head backContinue reading “What I Had”

“O, beware, my lord (and lady), of jealousy: It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” ~ William Shakespeare I love Shakespeare. No, I’m serious. His flowery words, his flowing sentences, and his miraculous ability to weave stories together that are still finding their way into modern hands nearly fourContinue reading “That Green-Eyed Monster”

Have you ever had that perfect movie moment, where time feels like it’s come to a halt, where your head is spinning, trying to process everything at a mile-a-minute, where you are simultaneously fully present yet fully aware that this moment will shape your life forever? That feeling swept over me in a hurricane ofContinue reading “Surrounded by Truth”

Lamps dangle above us, the kind you see in those old-fashioned movies where a party is thrown and everyone in town is invited and dressed to perfection, although this isn’t a movie. After missing my last two Homecomings to reconstruction surgery and COVID-19, I can’t believe that my senior dance actually happened, let alone thatContinue reading “Homecoming: Dancing in the Streets”

If the universe handed out prizes for worst-handler-of-stress-and-homework-and-jerks-and-sleepless nights-and-society, I think I win a gold medal for my performance this past week. Every single possible thing that could have gone wrong did, and every single possible thing that I thought I had in my corner to stand upon was ripped out from under my feet,Continue reading “When Love Fails…”

After surviving the devastating movings of close friends, the shame of the middle school locker room, and the petty in-fighting of every high school club from the school play to the soccer team, I cannot believe I’m finally here. Autumn 2021. Eighteen years old. Senior year. Truth be told, I’m not sure if I’ve yetContinue reading “Unplug & Look Up”

Opening my eyes, I inhale deeply as I pull the pile of blankets closer to my skin, encompassing me in a cocoon of warmth, safety, and love. Since school’s started, my mornings have consisted of jumping awake at the sound of my alarm, stumbling towards my desk in order to silence the melody, and glancingContinue reading “Living Wide Awake”

Hey there. I’m glad you stopped by. And I’m glad I live in a world where you do, too. I hope & pray that you’ll soften your heart and open yourself to the possibility that the sayings your parents, teachers, and mentors have told you for years might actually be true, because they are. ThereContinue reading “A Letter To The Battling Teen”

Heart racing, I rest my hands on my sides, fighting to keep them in place as the sweat encourages my palms to slide right off and sway tiredly besides me in utter defeat. I bend down to grab my towel and instantly feel the pain shooting up my right hip. Annoyed, I crouch in anContinue reading “Staffs Made of Scars”