Divergent Paths

Sporadic posts Wondering if you're still the same Recalling 4th grade sleepovers And how your best friend was jealous That I was a new best friend I saw your face for the first time Recently On social media You look tired But not from lack of sleep I remember a lot of things the fun [...]

An Old Friend

Today is one of those days that I repeat to myself how weird my life feels. It's hard to explain to other people who haven't moved around a lot... that feeling of so many different threads in your life, different paths you could have taken, different friends you've made and lost contact with, being torn [...]

Telling Others About Your Mental Health

The decision to divulge information about your current mental health status can be a terrifying and yet liberating prospect/endeavor. It can help you toward living authentically without shame, but you always run the risk of people not reacting well. Click here to read my tips about how to go about your decision-making process to tell [...]

A Childhood Friend’s Passing

Having moved around so much ... I lost touch with a lot of people and was out of the loop evidently. A guy I used to be very close with in middle school/high school died in a car crash in May and I just found out late last night. We lost touch, but followed each [...]

Childhood Friendships

I envy people who have had a best friend since kindergarten. Having moved around a lot sort of prevented me, I think, from really cementing friendships. I also recall not feeling as though I fit in with kids when I was in my elementary school years, all the way through high school really. I wasn't [...]