My birthday came and passed this year, and I found myself thinking a lot about death. We’re witnessing the circle of life,” Paulo said to me a few weeks ago.…
In 7th grade, I found myself in my first relationship. Admittedly my memory for this period of my life is not as sharp as it could be, but I recall…
Few experiences for me have evoked such strong emotion upon its conclusion. Being the homebody I am – even though I love traveling to new places – normally by the…
I think I speak for most people when I say: this year has been absolute shit. Smelly, as-hard-as-you-try-to-scrape-it-off-the-bottom-of-your-shoe-it-will-not-budge-because-it’s-stuck-in-the-deepest-crevices-of-your-sole….. SHIT. Never did I expect to wrap up my third decade of…
Truth is, I didn’t know how to answer. I sat in the car with one other – my boyfriend. We stared out of the front windshield into the darkness of…
You discover a time machine. Before you can use it, however, you must flip a single switch that cannot be undone. This time machine can either only go into the…
Today is a very, very special day. *everyone frantically checking the calendar for a national holiday* Nah, man. Today is special merely because it is my mother, Grace’s, birthday. And yeah,…
Seven months ago, I wrote a blog post “Why I’m Leaving“, explaining why I was going to quit my cushy job to do….. ……well, I didn’t actually know what. But…
In kindergarten, you get a sheet of paper from a coloring book. The teacher tells you to color within the lines. And so, you, with shaking, unpracticed little hands try…
For my birthday, I decided to take a “solo yolo” trip to one of my favorite places in the world – Big Sur. Didn’t realize in my initial decision to…
the wanderlust is real. 