At a party, an acquaintance says “aww, you two are so cute, are you together?” and while still in his arms, I answer “no, we’re just friends.” it’s August now and I’m blasting Taylor Swift on speaker while I eat ice cream in bed. A kid at the playground tells me she doesn’t like me and I ask why. “You’re…
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Things That Make Me Go ‘Waaaah’
My cousin started crying when she saw us outside of her AirBnb. She was in town for a few days with her family. We hadn’t seen each other for more than a decade. I was reminded that we had a bigger family, and I realized how caught up we were in our own lives that we had forgotten to keep…
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Alone Time in Mid-July
Yesterday, I was feeling quite zapped. It was a combination of prepping for a series of job interviews while going out six days within the week. I felt I needed some alone time to meander and really sit with the sadness that was bottling inside of me. I often say it’s hard to listen in on your intuition but it…
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I went through my old Tumblr and…
I’m glad I’m done through that kind of misery one only feels in their twenties. I was quite silly but I was also drowning. I would get a glimpse of my me-ness– the dorky, quirky, creative girl. But she was barely bobbing her head above the ocean of despair. Yes, there were plenty of moments where I was happy, I…
