Dealing With Pain On Social Media

It takes an incredible amount of courage solely to go on when these things are happening to you, to get out of bed, paint up your face with a lipstick and look alive. And it takes even more courage to put it all out there for your family and friends and strangers (often the cruelest of all) to see.

What It’s Like To Pack Everything Up And Move On (Again)

Am I ever really going to be happy? I ran his words through my head over and over as I packed boxes and prowled thrift stores in search of perfect white plates. I had been happy, and I had infinite space to be happy; I never thought that before, but I knew it now. I had tremendous capacity for joy, but it was hard to find.