It’s wild how easy it is to slip into that energy without even realizing it. Wanting to be seen. Wanting to be chosen. Wanting someone, anyone to just pick up the pieces we’re tired of holding. And the whole time, we don’t notice that the desperation isn’t because we’re weak… it’s because we’re drained. Sometimes… Continue reading Someone, anyone? Giving off desperate vibes.
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Part Four: The Rising of the Unimagined Self
There comes a moment when even reflection begins to feel too small. When the mirror, once a sacred teacher, can no longer contain what you are becoming. You start to sense a self that isn’t born from the past, or shaped by its shadows, but rising from the present vast, unimagined, and entirely your own.… Continue reading Part Four: The Rising of the Unimagined Self
Rejection Is Better Than “What Ifs” Forever
“Fear keeps us frozen. Curiosity sets us free.” There’s a quiet kind of pain in “what ifs.” What if I had tried? What if I had reached out? What if I had spoken up? We carry them around, letting them grow, letting them stop us from doing anything at all. They make us feel safe… Continue reading Rejection Is Better Than “What Ifs” Forever
Part Three: The Mirror of What Could Be
There are moments in healing when the past still calls your name. Not to pull you backward, but to ask if you remember. To ask if you still wonder who you might have been if things had gone differently. I’ve found myself standing in that space often, between what was and what could have been.… Continue reading Part Three: The Mirror of What Could Be
Searching Within and Not in Others
At some point, we all learn how exhausting it is to chase ourselves through other people. We look for answers in their approval, direction in their choices, and identity in their reflections of us. But the truth is, no one else holds the map to who we are. Searching within is about choosing stillness over… Continue reading Searching Within and Not in Others
The Pursuit of Happiness
Happiness used to feel like a race I was already behind in. Everyone else seemed to have the map, family, guidance, traditions passed down like heirlooms. While I was piecing things together, hoping I was headed in the right direction. I thought happiness would arrive once I reached certain milestones: a degree, a career, a… Continue reading The Pursuit of Happiness
I Was Created for More
For years, I believed the lies I was told, some spoken outright, others whispered in the tone of cold silences. Words that said you don’t belong here. Actions that reminded me that love had conditions. The sharp edges of rejection cut deep, and I carried those wounds like proof that I was unworthy of softness. When you… Continue reading I Was Created for More
Don’t let the world turn you cold
I’ve been thinking a lot about the way life tries to harden us. Loss, rejection, betrayal. They chip away at our softness until one day we wake up realizing we’ve built walls where there used to be windows. I know this because I’ve had every reason to let the world turn me cold. Losing my… Continue reading Don’t let the world turn you cold
70th
She would’ve been 70 today.And it’s strange—how you can ache for someone longer than you ever had them.Stranger still, how they can shape your life from the grave in ways the living never could. I was only nine when she left.Nine.Too young to understand what death really was, too old to forget the sound of… Continue reading 70th
I Will Forever Wonder
I will forever wonderWhat it would feel like to be part of a familyThat loves each other without hesitation,Without condition, without cold silencesMasquerading as peace. A family where love isn’t earned by shrinking,By softening your voice, by folding into the cornersAnd hoping someone notices. A family where you don’t have to begFor time, for tenderness,… Continue reading I Will Forever Wonder