I have spent most of my life navigating the world as a big girl, and when you grow up in a body that society constantly tells you is “too much,” you instinctively learn to make the rest of yourself as small and frictionless as possible. For years, I...
Some absences are only noticed in hindsight — and some presences never are….. There’s this particular kind of loneliness that doesn’t have a name yet. It’s not the loneliness of being alone — it’s the loneliness of being surrounded by...
My new favorite song is Golden [Demon Hunters]. Fell in love with it the 1st time I heard it and that happens only when the lyrics resonate with me.. There’s a line in the song that refuses to leave me: “I was a ghost, I was alone.” Not in the dramatic, cinematic...
It’s funny how you can look back at a photo from ten years ago and not just see a different face/body, but a completely different person. Not just in appearance, but in the way you carry yourself. The way you hold your head up. The confidence in your eyes. For a...
Growing up, we’re taught that family is everything. But what happens when your family becomes the very source of your pain?I once spoke to a friend who would tense up every time her phone rang—it was her mother, ready with criticism disguised as “concern.” Over time,...
