Listen

I wanted to add one thing that didn’t make it to my last post. LISTEN, please listen to people when they talk to you about their struggles. I am not going to say “especially a mom” because all people and their struggles matter. If someone says...

Let’s stop talking about self love

I hate the rhetoric on self love. I hate the narrative of you have to love yourself before you can have anything or do anything or heal anything…Children, like me, who grew up in a home where it was normal for a parent to tell you what you think or what you...

I hate the rhetoric on self love.

I hate the rhetoric on self love. I hate the narrative of you have to love yourself before you can have anything or do anything or heal anything… Children, like me, who grew up in a home where it was normal for a parent to tell you what you think or what you...

MAID

There aren’t many pictures of my daughter and I from 2018 – 2020.  Most of them are of just her. I was too tired, too disheveled, too stressed to even want to look at myself.This weekend I binged Maid (Netflix) and had a very cathartic experience owning my...

10 years ago I had to learn how to un-shallow myself.

10 years ago I had to learn how to un-shallow myself. At that time, I was obsessed with my ex and could not stop thinking about his giant arms and perfect face, months after we broke up. I day dreamed about it and missed the shit out of the version of him I created in...