March 30, 2024 92 Days Without You As I sit here, in your chair, listening to the same clock tick, the silence is the loudest sound in the room. You should be whistling or getting up to get a cup…
Letters to Dad: Science Problems
October 31, 2024 307 Days Without You Hi Dad, I want to ask how you’ve been, but I bet all of your days in glory look the same. Are you so in awe of God and is everything so perfect…
Letters to Dad: Nightmares
October 13, 2024 289 Days Without You Hi Dad, Today is hard. I had another nightmare last night, and it was worse than all the others. I actually woke myself up from this one. You were dying again, but I…
Letters to Dad: Turning 23
October 3, 2024 279 Days Without You Hi Dad, Yesterday was my birthday, the first one without you. I had been nervous about it for weeks because I didn’t know how I would feel. That seems to be the story…
Letters to Dad: Why I Can’t Listen to Music
August 20, 2024 Day 235 without you Hey Dad, My therapist told me I should try writing letters to you. She says it will help me to “process” (how do you even process your dad dying anyway?). So, here we…
6 Months Without My Dad
For years now, my world has revolved around my dad. Ever since he was diagnosed in August of 2022 with stage 4 cancer, everything has been about him. I don’t say that in a malicious way, it was just a…
My Dad Died…. Now What?
Hi all, thank you for stopping by my blog once again. This post will be a bit different. I won’t be giving home decor tips or motivating you to journal or read (although I do think you should). Instead, I’m…
Quick Guide: Comfort Shows, Books, Movies & Music
With the end of another year, something in me always feels nostalgic, begging for a chance to walk down memory lane just one more time before the year ends. Maybe it’s because the college semester is ending or because all…
How to Stop the Gym Scaries
It wasn’t until this year that I decided I wasn’t going to let the gym scaries stop me anymore. I wasn’t going to let intimidation from huge, sweaty guys or my confusion over what each machine does scare me from moving my body in the way I want to.
Let’s Talk Body Image and Insecurities
Insecurities are like opinions– we’ve all got them. But we don’t all want to share them. No matter where you’re at in life, you have something you are insecure about.