I grew up in a home where we cherished wildlife. We celebrated our planet. We took in ailing animals. In fact, on two separate occasions I nursed baby squirrels back to health to be let out into their natural habitat. As well as a few birds, a couple rabbits. You name it. Our house was known a … More Earth Day: Speak For Those Who Don’t Have A Voice
Anyone who knows me knows that music may be the most important thing in my life. (besides like…super important people, the entire idea of love and I don’t know…carbs.) Music changes everything. It heals. It completes moments. It articulates feelings when we can’t do it ourselves. I thought now would be a good time to share … More Current Music Obsessions Because Music Is Life
We live in a time where we connect so much through a digital platform that non-sexual physical contact among humans is becoming incredibly rare. There’s even this fear or feeling of being “creeped out” by a simple hand hold or an arm brushing up against ours. I never understood this. In fact, I love personal … More I Want To Hold Your Hand, But I’m Afraid You’ll Freak Out
Bonjour, friends. This is going to be a bit of a sequel to The Letting Go. This time, instead of just talking about letting go of the people you don’t really need in your life, maybe there is something we can do that’s less dismissive. Not everyone needs to go. That said, there are still toxic people … More You Can’t Help Everyone, And That’s Okay
How many times have you heard someone say, “With my luck, *insert trivial daily difficulty* will happen.” Aside from the fact that I don’t really believe in luck, this phrase gets to me more than others. When I think about luck, I think of it as something that solely happens by chance. I view it as this … More Just Your Luck
I’ve spent a lot of my life just trying to be okay. Trying to feel content. Contentment is an underrated desire, I think. It seems so small. So bland. Like it’s not enough. But, contentment is defined as “a state of peaceful happiness.” We could all use more of that, right? I have suffered the … More Go & Love Yourself
We’ve all heard the expression, “Live each day as if it’s your last.” There have been countless songs about it. We get it. Live today as if you aren’t getting a tomorrow. The reason so many people stress the importance of this concept is so we don’t leave this planet wishing we had done more. Wishing we had taken a … More If Today Was Your Last…
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the day that turned my world upside down and the starting point of this little writing adventure. On this anniversary, I had no time to cry as my friends kept me occupied and laughing for nearly 24 hours straight. It was truly something incredible. At the end of the day … More One Year
