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  • The Life You Didn’t Plan, But Needed

    Why is it that every time my period is even slightly late, I like to think I’m pregnant? It could be one day, and immediately my mind believes that I’m carrying a child. It’s like I jump to worst-case scenarios every time. One of the reasons I hate being a woman. Don’t get me wrong—I…

  • Sips & Slips: The Urge To Ruin It All

    6/22/2024: Okay, ladies, let’s have a conversation. Why is it that when things are going so well, I want to call my ex? I mean, seriously, it’s like when everything is going so smoothly, I need to be torn down by a man…a very insignificant man. Maybe I’ll call it self-sabotage, but why can’t I…

  • The Need to Feel Alive

    “Anything to feel alive.” The past two years, I haven’t been able to get this out of my mind. I will do absolutely anything to feel alive… whether it be standing on the edge or swimming in the ocean in the middle of the night. Because, why the hell not? But I can’t help but…

  • A Table for One & A Wish for Two

    I took myself to Maggiano’s Little Italy on my solo birthday trip in Boston. It was my dinner on the last day. I walked in and asked for a table for one. The hostess sat me at a large red booth all to myself. I did a little boot scoot and boogie to sit in…

  • sippin’ w/ the past

    i met my younger self for coffee. she was twenty minutes early, and me only five. she didn’t recognize me when i walked up to her, shocked to see that we had finally lost the weight we always dreamed of. we both ordered a danish—hers, cheese and mine, raspberry—but no coffee. we both snickered, knowing…