Listen, your friends are hiding their mental illnesses from you. Don't get upset. And don't make us feel bad about not trusting you with this part of us. We just can't, and it's not entirely your fault. We're just too scared to lose you. I want to explain why. If you follow me on Instagram, [...]
So, I made a fucking vision board. It was like a craft project, which I've never really had the patience for. Ask that "scrapbook" over there. I had grand plans to do one for every kid and their first few years of life, but as of right now, it's just a bunch of poorly at-home [...]
Sunday I will be sleeping in a different bedroom in a different house, and when I refer to the room and the bed I’m presently typing from, I will call it “old bedroom.” […]
You know that scene in Forrest Gump where he’s been running and running, and he’s wearing that ridiculous trucker hat with a beard, looking like some dude I’d probably date if I wasn’t married or afraid of hair in my teeth? […]
I grew up in a time that not only had answering machines, but people genuinely missed your call and were eager to return it so they could speak to you with their mouths through a receiver. It was insane, but it’s all we knew. […]
I know, I just get back here and boom, I’m sorta gone again. But to be fair, I have a really good reason. My second novel just came back with final edits and I have two weeks to complete them and I need to breath into my paper bag. […]
I am one of those people who walks around this Earth completely terrified of my own body. […]
Someone just come over and put this damn Lunette menstrual cup inside me correctly. I don't have the will to figure it out, internet, I just don't. I tried youtube'ing it, but almost no one has a legitimate menstrual cup insertion video. They all puss out using champagne glasses or diagrams of the inside of [...]
Do you want me to stop? I blinked away the tears that seared the corners of my eyes. No, let's keep going. Are you sure, we have a whole hour, you know. You can stop, collect yourself... No, I don't want to stop. Okay, we'll keep going, just remember to breath. In inhaled sharply, letting [...]
I took a mental health break this week. I've never done that before, but the weirdest thing happened. Like, my body started to shut down. I was exhausted, my bones hurt, I got confused in the grocery store, my anxiety had taken over. I felt it rumbling around for a while now underneath the surface. [...]
