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As I get older and the frontal lobe finishes its development, I find myself recognizing more of my privilege with each passing month. Growing up I always lived a very sheltered and protected life; I was primarily around family and was rarely allowed out of my house for extracurricular or recreational activities. I spent a year at college exercising my free reign in a healthily irresponsible but responsible as an eighteen-year-old could be, before getting pregnant and getting

October is domestic violence awareness month. Growing up, I knew what domestic violence entailed, my parents and the rest of my family...

One of the hardest things to process after I left my marriage was detangling the web of lies I had created to portray the image of a...

Growing up was always a scary experience for me. I spent much of my free time being anxious about what my life would be like, going all...

As the weeks flew by, as the months turned into years, I have finally made it to the point in life I always thought was so far away, my...

Since getting the call that I am divorced I have been going over the things I want out of my life and ruminating on the possibilities...

Getting the call that I am officially divorced doesn’t feel as big as I thought it would be. I feel relieved more than anything, and it...

Lately all of the pieces of my life have fallen into the exact place I need them to be in. I practically watched the pieces fall into...

As I start the summer before my final year of undergrad, I can’t help but think at how fast the time flew by. When I first started taking...

After almost been two years, and a lengthy divorce process, its finally almost complete. Honestly the thought of being legally divorced...

In the last year and a half I have had a million revelations, all about myself. Growing up, finding the words to describe myself, and my...

I try my best to be as open as possible about my mental health. It clears my head to be able to explain it in writing or by talking to...

I feel like I could spend forever thinking about the ways I’ve changed as a person. I could spend hours discussing the ins and outs of my...

As we reach the beginning of a new year, I am forced by societal standards to reflect on the year that has passed. For me, January first...

Lately I haven’t been holding my son. I know he loves me, because every morning when he wakes up he reluctantly allows me to smother him...

My birthday is usually just a day. While I do get presents, and occasionally celebrate with a few people, for the most part it is just a...

growing up I had a lot of people I could call friends. I didn't really get into drama or fights with anyone, I let people be their own...

Most of my life has been spent on the outskirts. As a kid I spent so much time alone, stuck in my own fantasy worlds, whether from my own...

Before I started dating my ex I had this idea that if I moved fast enough I would be able to quiet the anxiety about life that always ran...