Four weeks & a day ago I was getting the last things packed before my move to Calgary. To be honest, my heart was hurting. After the best birthday party a girl could dream of the night before, with almost all the people I love in one place with golden light covering everything & everyone, […]

Say yes to the tears that come hot & fast when loneliness feels like all you know. Say yes to the tears that come when you realize the relationship isn’t right. Say yes to the tears that come when that song reminds you of them. But please, amidst the tears & unknowns, please say yes […]

January was 31 days of feeling like all the adulting would never end. Witnessing friends get married, settling into a new living situation, having conversations showing beautiful maturity, learning to put other people first, experiencing the necessity of extended Apple care. I guess in reality it won’t ever end since I’m, y’know, an adult. Both […]

The barn was probably messy. I grew up with horses & there always seemed to be dirty wood chips or half chewed hay or steaming piles of – Yeah. The barn was probably messy. While royalty dined & laughed & carried on their merry ways in a palace, the King of Kings was born amidst […]

My phone went off what felt like too early but I picked it up anyway. I was in bed, my blanket lovingly tangled around my arms, blinking away sleep even though my eyes were ready to close again. As I slid the alarm off, notifications filled my screen. A few texts received while I’d been […]

Suffering does not have the final say. – – – My current mood matches my surroundings. The sky is grey and the trees are grey and I realized I’m wearing grey and I’m just feeling grey, okay. I’m on the verge of tears sitting at the long, lovingly scratched up community table at one of […]