My entire life, I’ve tried to fit into spaces that quietly rejected me and my thoughts. Friend groups that made me feel different because I had a father instead of a mother — which eventually taught me to stop speaking about my home life altogether. Adults whose judgment and rigid beliefs made me feel small… Continue reading I Kept Shrinking Myself to Be Accepted
Tag: mental-health
All I Can Do
Regardless of the weight I’ve carried,the quiet aches no one could name,the rooms I learned to survive inbefore I ever learned to live— I am still standinginside a lifesomeone once prayed for. A younger version of me,or someone somewherewith empty hands and heavy hope,would call this abundance—would call this grace. So all I can dois… Continue reading All I Can Do
Getting Unstuck
There comes a quiet, uncomfortable moment when it’s no longer possible to blame circumstance, timing, or other people for staying in the same place. Not because those things didn’t matter—but because they are no longer the deciding factor. Being stuck often doesn’t look like chaos. It looks like familiarity. It looks like staying in environments… Continue reading Getting Unstuck
25
25 years without you.A lifetime with you in me. Somehow, both are true at the same time. There are days when 25 years feels impossible—like I’ve lived more of my life without youthan I ever got to with you. A whole childhood.A whole becoming.Versions of me you never got to meet. And I think about… Continue reading 25
You’re Tired and I’m Tired; That’s Their Goal
You are tired, and I am tired. This is not just the kind of exhaustion that sleep can fix. It is the kind that lingers in your body, slows your thoughts, and makes even simple things feel heavier than they should. It is the kind of tiredness that convinces you to scroll instead of speak,… Continue reading You’re Tired and I’m Tired; That’s Their Goal
Every Time I Choose, I Got It
I used to wait. Wait to be picked.Wait to be seen.Wait to be validated in ways that felt like permission to exist fully. I was a “choose me” kind of person.The kind that made herself smaller, softer, easier to accept.The kind that performed worth instead of knowing it. Because somewhere along the way, I learned… Continue reading Every Time I Choose, I Got It
I Am the Blueprint
For the longest time, I thought I needed a blueprint. I thought I needed someone to show me how to do this right. I thought I needed guidance, structure, a clear path to follow so I would not make the wrong moves or waste time figuring things out on my own. I believed that somewhere… Continue reading I Am the Blueprint
I Didn’t Have the Luck I Expected, But I’ll Definitely Take the Risk
I used to think life would meet me halfway. That if I worked hard, stayed patient, and did the right things, something would eventually open up for me. I thought there would be a moment where everything aligned, where the timing made sense, where things finally felt… easier. I thought luck would find me in… Continue reading I Didn’t Have the Luck I Expected, But I’ll Definitely Take the Risk
As A Woman
As a woman,I carry both the softness I was never taughtand the strength I had to build alone. As a girl growing up,I searched for a mirrorin faces that never quite reflected me.I needed a mentor,someone steady,someone sure,someone to say, this is how you hold yourself togetherwhen life tries to pull you apart. There were… Continue reading As A Woman
When It’s Time to Pray for Something New
There comes a quiet, almost unnoticeable moment in your life when your prayers begin to feel different—not because God has gone silent, and not because your faith has weakened, but because you have outgrown the version of yourself that once whispered those earlier prayers into the dark, hoping something, anything, would hear you. The first… Continue reading When It’s Time to Pray for Something New