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  • Letting Her Make the Mistake

    Watch a drunk girl go home with a boy who doesn’t deserve her. Try to stop her, but she doesn’t listen. What do you do then? Enable her? Let her make the mistake she’s so persistent about? It’s hard watching someone make the same mistake you did at 22 when you’re 24 now. Whether it…

  • Slipping, Suffering, and Sprinting to the Finish

    12/8/2024: I ran my second half marathon this weekend in Millinocket, Maine. It was hell on earth. I signed up on a whim and ran it with zero to little training. The most preparation I did for the run was run a mile everyday for about a month and even then, I still skipped a…

  • Bourbon Street – New Orleans

    I begin at the sidewalks edge. In front of me I see a street lit up with nightlife and neon signs. Next to me is my oldest friend, both of us dressed in a sliver of fabric. We take one last look at each other before we take our first step. Our ears listen to…

  • Healing Through Tears: Finding Freedom in Softness

    11/28/2024: I’ve cried more this year than I have in my entire life. I cried half-way to the top of Cadillac Mountain today while staring off into the ocean, while hearing “I’m not that girl” from the Wicked movie, and finally on my drive home in a snow storm.  I was never much of a…