love
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What Even is “Too Late?”
I’ve recently discovered that I have some avoidant tendencies. If you are familiar with attachment styles, this goes along with that. I actually mostly have an anxious attachment, but have places in my life that I tend to be more… Continue reading
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Grieving My Mental Health
The last few months I have been so focused on how much better I’ve been feeling and how much my medication has helped, that I didn’t let myself think about my depression over the last year and how much it… Continue reading
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More Questions Than Answers
I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. More than usual maybe? Many questions bouncing around in my head with hardly an answer. My thoughts are fleeting, and my feelings sometimes even more so, and yet there are a few… Continue reading
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Wanting, Hoping, Living
I’m about to write about something that I know will probably make me sound desperate. Or maybe won’t even resonate with anyone else. Or maybe this will just sound completely normal, and I’m the one making myself feel some type… Continue reading
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Can I Be Happy Alone?
I swear my personality is not based off of being single. I continue to believe it’s the least interesting thing about me. But it has shaped who I am and I have to admit that singleness and romance have been… Continue reading
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Acceptance
Today is Valentine’s Day, and for once I’m not only not dreading it, I was looking forward to it. A moment I never truly thought I’d meet one day. And yes, I am indeed still single. So, how did I… Continue reading
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Turning 30, And Yes, I’m Still Single
In a few short months I will have accomplished a new feat in my family. I can (almost) confidently say that I will be the first in my family, or at least first woman in my family, to not be… Continue reading
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Just Be
Lately I’ve been stuck. Stuck in my head, in my emotions, and in all of the ‘should’s’ that I could conjure up. I let my stress and anxiety take over my entire experience. And I word that very specifically because… Continue reading
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What is Love?: An Observation From a Perpetually Single Woman
At 29 years single, you might wonder “what does she know anything about love?” Being single all my life, I’m constantly fed the message that I might be a walking red flag. How am I supposed to be in a… Continue reading
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Love Lives in Grey
Where does it leave me When I’ve worked on myself And I continue to work on myself But I still want a relationship I’ve learned to love myself I do the work to heal and grow I love my life… Continue reading
Growing in Authenticity 