Well, hello there, friends! If any of you are still out there, I’d like to thank you all for having patience with me on this writing journey of mine – I have taken quite the hiatus over the past few years (insert: a global pandemic that drained any ounce of creative motivation I had goingContinue reading “Let Me Re-Introduce Myself”
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To The Woman Who Is Just Trying To Love Herself
This is for the woman who feels like she’s never enough. For the woman who can’t stop asking herself when she’ll get the weight off. For the woman who’s questioning if she’ll ever find her soulmate. For the woman wondering if she’s a good wife, mother, sister, or daughter. For the woman pining for thatContinue reading “To The Woman Who Is Just Trying To Love Herself”
A Look Back on What 2018 Taught Me
As I look back on this past year, I feel nothing but pure gratitude. A true, sincere form of gratitude unlike anything I’ve ever felt before. When I allow myself to explore this particular feeling deeper, and I reflect on all the things that happened throughout this last year, I realize just how much I’veContinue reading “A Look Back on What 2018 Taught Me”
Fuel The Spark
You’ve got the world at your fingertips, just waiting to be further graced with your presence. Just waiting to give a piece of itself to you. Yet here you stay, confined to the mundane of everyday life. Disheartened. Defeated. ….why? Fuel that spark within you. Make those flames burn so bright they’ll never fadeContinue reading “Fuel The Spark”
Ten Things Life Will Teach You When You Finally Choose To Let Go Of Your Past
1. You will find a happiness within yourself that will never be found within another person or life circumstance. For so long, we’ve grown accustomed to looking for happiness in relationships, careers, living situations, etc. The bottom line is that true happiness can only be found within you, at the root of your very core.Continue reading “Ten Things Life Will Teach You When You Finally Choose To Let Go Of Your Past”
Day Thirty: Becoming Whole
Well, I’ve made it to the very last day of this 30 day blogging challenge! To be honest, I’ve surprised myself. I thought I’d give up halfway through. I’ve never written everyday in a consistent manner like this, but I’ve come to realize that I really do enjoy it. It’s so incredibly therapeutic to me,Continue reading “Day Thirty: Becoming Whole”
Day Twenty-Nine: Enough
Day 29: In the epilogue, I talk about how the journey to “enough-ness” is never complete. Talk about your own journey to enough-ness, and how you’ve learned to embrace who you are, flaws and all. I’ve always wondered who came up with the idea of individuals being enough in life. I think we’re all internally drivenContinue reading “Day Twenty-Nine: Enough”
Day Twenty-Eight: My Happy Ending
Day 28: Also in Chapter Twenty, I talk about what my own “Happy Ending” looks like now, after everything I’ve learned. What does YOUR Happy Ending look like? In love and in life? When I stop and take a second to really look back on my life, I realize that I’ve never truly had aContinue reading “Day Twenty-Eight: My Happy Ending”
Day Twenty-Seven: Let It Be
Day 27: In Chapter Twenty, I talk about how I finally learned to “Let It Be.” Talk about what these three words mean to you. What does “letting it be” look like? How do you practice just “letting it be”? When I think of the words “let it be,” I think of peacefulness. Stillness. Calmness. AlsoContinue reading “Day Twenty-Seven: Let It Be”
Day Twenty-Six: Gone Too Soon
Day 26: In Chapter Nineteen, I share the story of a dear friend who took her own life. Talk about how suicide has touched your life or the life of someone dear to you. I don’t know of many people in this world who haven’t been personally affected by suicide in some way, shape, or form.Continue reading “Day Twenty-Six: Gone Too Soon”
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