Tag: love

  • From intentionally not dating to dating with intent

    I can’t say for sure, but I believe it’s been about four years since my last relationship. And because I tend to give my relationships every chance to survive, even if it means a less than stable mental well-being, that relationship lasted just as long as I’ve been single. The cruel but genuine reality is…

  • Grief and the reality that lies beneath every object you keep

    It’s about 5 years since my mother passed away and to be honest, I thought the grief would lighten once hitting this benchmark, but it actually has become reminiscent to the beginning stages of my grief. When she first passed away there was a recurring dream I had where we would be together talking about…

  • When in doubt, buy the dress.

    When I bought the dress pictured above, I was worried about how it looked on me because it exposed all the things I wanted to keep hidden. The joy of being able to fit into a large was momentarily stunted due to all the other things I wished my body would be. More importantly it…

  • What dreams are made of…

    Someone once told me that if you feel an urgent need to accomplish a goal, that that sense of urgency is conjured from your future self at the finish line of said goal. In other words, your future self is sending you this energy to let you know you are on the right path. And…

  • Having trouble understanding the hype over love island? Hear me out…

    Anywhere, everywhere and all at once, people are talking about Love Island USA. As someone who mainly watches the U.K. version and just so happened to be in the middle of their current season, I was hesitant about abandoning one for the other. Mainly because watching just one of these shows is a long-term commitment.…