I like words. If you know me personally, you know I like speaking words. You'll listen to me talk for hours about everything and anything. If you don't know me personally, you'll still know that I like to write words. I like to read words too. The Greeks call it logolepsy, which by direct definition …
When I was young, my mother and I struggled. We lived in a place that was not ideal, a small dwelling where most vacation in. I was three at the time and she had just gotten through a nasty divorce to my father. But somehow we made do and somehow we were happy. We didn't …
I spend a great deal of time on the freeway, actually too much time on the freeway. But during that time on the freeway, I notice people. Their habits—usually bad—have been seen by me; probably seen far too often for my liking. Every morning I witness different people with different habits and personalities. I usually …
I can't believe I'm about to write this. I'm about two-seconds away from closing my laptop and walking away. You see, here's the thing about blogging—about reaching into the deepest parts of your heart to write something like this: it's one of the most painful yet rewarding processes you can put yourself through. It's the …
Tuesday, May 24th brought one of the biggest rejections I have ever experienced in my seventeen years of beautiful life. I was walking confidently around my school’s campus when I ran into the teacher that delivered to me news I had desperately hoped would be good. Stopping me, she informed me of a fact …
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie used to be my favorite book when I was a child, as well as If You Give a Moose a Muffin or even If You Give a Pig a Pancake. I absolutely loved those books. I would read them over and over again. Something about the adventure in …
My eyes are a little sleepy and are beginning to well with tears as I sit down to write this. Once again my unconventional fear of blank pages has filled my body as I stare at this one. My hot English breakfast tea is steaming up the cold screen of my grey Mac. …
Uptown Maven 