Tag: love yourself
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Everything Changed
“There are so many words fighting to get out of my mouthor fly with this pen on paperto weave together my story.” – she is ready to speak Megan Strickland Dear readers, We are now again, on the brink of a new year and I have found myself writing once again in this often abandoned…
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Ghosting Social Media: an Experiment
This story requires a lot of energy and vulnerability that is not as easy for me to provide. Nevertheless, I know that as a twenty-something, student, worker, woman, daughter, sister, aunt, individual in this society, I am not the only person with this story. I may have the words to someone else’s struggle because I’ve…
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Today
Today, the sun bares it’s radiant grin. It winks at the clouds and laughs with the fowl who intermingle with them. Today, the coffee’s aroma beckons for taste, and accompanies delightful pastries. As nourishment is thrown to the wind, for the sweet and delicious. Today, lovers remain in love. And music speaks to the soul.…
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The Second Rate Sister
My life between the ages 11-16, were some very difficult times in my life. I know, ‘You were so young, what could possibly be wrong?’… a lot. A lot could be wrong. Now, my story isn’t one of physical violence, or verbal abuse. I wasn’t saved by a family member from my burning home. I instead, struggled…
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I did it!!
I wrote something! A poem that might have some weight to it. But then the scary part, of course, is sharing it. It’s meant to be read aloud not to oneself so I’m entirely sure how to present it. But I can give background as to what I wrote. Since I was 12 years old…
A Little of Everything 