Hi babes! I wanted to share a beautiful birthday brunch/dinner I hosted to celebrate my 23rd birthday. I’m so big on birthdays, so as each year passes — it’s always a really big deal to me. If you haven’t already, check out this post to find out what turning 23 this year means to me. Continue Reading
Our parents weren’t lying.
Adulting is so freaking hard most days. Continue Reading
Over the past several years I’ve realized many things about myself, one of the most important ones being how independent I am. I guess you could say I’ve always had a knack for getting things done with or without the help of others. When I can help it, I rely on me. After all, we’re only humans and sometimes (most times) our first instinct is to take care of ourselves before others. However, as awesome as being independent in nature can be, it has been the downfall of a few love connections panning out. Continue Reading
It’s not something you just know, or feel automatically.
You don’t know its there till you’re calling a friend at 3 in the morning, on the verge of tears.
She asks you what’s wrong, sensing something the moment you say hello.
It’s nothing you say, hoping the louder and more confidently you say it, the less real it will become.
How do you explain to someone that school’s great, family’s great, hell life’s pretty dang great, but something else, small but present is building within you.
You refuse to say it because voicing it, saying it out loud might make it that much realer.
But what if voicing it saves you.
What if explaining the broken pieces within you brings them back together again.
So, after the third nudge from your friend you realize it’s time.
Time to save you.
With a voice just barely above a whisper, you sigh and mumble,
“Let me explain.”
September 1st.
Let’s start fresh. Go back to the start. Make today new. We have the opportunity to do this. Leave everything behind and start over again. A time for new intentions and new results.
We owe ourselves that much. You and I. Continue Reading
