Finding My Voice After My Sexual Assault
It started with a whispered “no.”
I Couldn’t Fix You If I Tried
Maybe my heart knew right then it had to run from you.
The Unedited Truth About Parenting A Child With Mental Illness
Four years ago, she put her life on hold, stopped all things, to save her daughter.
What No One Ever Tells You About Addiction
Addiction is a brain disease that, through a series of biochemical mechanisms resulting from repeated behaviors, creates an overwhelming, animalistic urge as pressing and intense as the bursting bladder.
This Is What Addiction Does To The People Who Love You
We spent the whole day together, and I knew something wasn’t right. I should’ve forced you to go…somewhere.
Thank You For Proving To Me That I Deserve Better
I constantly was at your disposal, coming back to you when you decided that I was what you wanted. I realized I deserve someone that is sure of me, not someone who is back and forth with me.
A Series Of Things I Still Like About You
I like that you make me a better version of myself.
I Have Never Been A Go-Getter, But I Don’t Want To Watch My Life Pass Me By
I want to be the one who desires more, who does not accept complacency. Who wonders about how I can make an impact on someone’s life every day. Who finally makes the first move and just asks them out. Who reaches out to a friend to remind them that I care.
A Letter To Myself, For When I Can’t Stop Bullying Myself
Stop making it feel like it was her fault. She knows it’s not, but please stop trying to make her feel like it was. You have to know that she gave it everything she had.
When You’re Trapped In The Closet And Can’t Come Out
My fellow inmates and I know how to escape. What we don’t know, however, is the consequences behind saying those three simple yet ever-so-life-changing words that will forever open those prison bar doors.