the thing about him/hurt.

“one more round,” she said, waving her shot glass in a circle. it’s been exactly two months, four days, 47 minutes since he walked out. like the remains of a burned down building,… Continue reading →

you.

the universe may have disguised you as just another human, but to me, I believe you’re made of some of the greatest undiscovered constellations. you’ve got stardust in your bones, a magic in… Continue reading →

wave after wave.

the thing about depression is that it doesn’t arrive like a sunday morning. there’s no morning grace, no hallelujah, no slow to wake. when it hits, it hits like one of those bone-chilling… Continue reading →

11:20 pm thoughts //

in·ti·ma·cy — in(t)əməsē/, noun; close familiarity or friendship; closeness, a private cozy atmosphere, an intimate act, especially sexual intercourse the connection between skin on skin, especially at first touch, is one that, until you experience it for yourself,… Continue reading →

328 words; three things.

there are three things we need to learn how to say: one. “I love you” and I don’t mean just as an empty phrase, as a space filler. say it with feeling, and… Continue reading →

#IKeptLiving

More than 800,000 people die by suicide around the world every single year. The numbers are hard to fathom, and they don’t even begin to tell the stories. These are fathers, sons, sisters,… Continue reading →

A Celebration of Self

I want you to get up and stand in front of your mirror. No, don’t give me those “but I just took off my make-up” or “I didn’t workout today” excuses. It’s been… Continue reading →

be undone. be unfinished.

Ask me what my favorite Instagram account to scroll through is, and I’ll easily say any of the fitness ones I follow. They’re the perfect motivation for those tough gym days and are a… Continue reading →

Five Years Later

For the first year after, you’ll keep the blinds drawn tightly. Your phone becomes just another thing you carry around with you as you end each day with a plethora of texts you meant… Continue reading →

To Another Year Gone: A Reflection

As I scroll through the endless tweets, countless Facebook posts, and never ending Instagram photographs, I’ve slowly come to realize one thing – I am not alone in thinking 2015 has been one… Continue reading →