"And if I didn't know better, I'd think you were talking to me now." marjorie, Taylor Swift The hardest part of losing someone isn't really the goodbye itself, but rather all the moments you know you are going to have to go through without them. Always trying to fill the empty space in your heart,…
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The Roots Beneath Me
I’m thinking about the walks I started taking last spring, ones that have now become a regular part of my life. I didn’t used to understand walking; I ran track in high school. It felt silly to go for a walk, like there wasn’t a purpose or a goal. When I ran, I loved hearing the…
Finding the Light in the Brain Fog
I have a whole folder on my computer full of blog posts I never posted. Some of them are fully written, while others are just fragments of thoughts or poem or short stories. I have folders full of these small excerpts of my brain, dozens of random thoughts I quickly jotted down in my Notes app, and…
Spinal Memories
When I don’t actively think about sitting up straight, my spine hunches over the rest of my body. When I stand up, my poor posture costs me a good two inches of my actual height. Most people don’t believe that I’m five feet and eight inches until I make myself straighten out, but it doesn’t…
Here’s to you, Mom and Dad.
My parents' wedding photo circa 1992. I imagine the early conversations between my mother and father as some sort of romantic movie. The one where the boy likes the girl, but the girl isn’t so sure at first. And then the next thing you know you’re watching a supercut of them moving in together, getting…