I have a love-hate relationship with words. I hate writing because every time I sit down to write, it’s like I'm laying myself out on an operating table and digging in as deep as I can with the scalpel in my own hand. I flay myself open for everyone to judge. Whether you know me …
It should be illegal to be awake this early during summer. It’s 3:41am and I am sitting at my kitchen table drinking my English breakfast tea. It was a tough night. I woke up sweaty and dazed at 2 because I had low blood sugar. Instead of tossing and turning with my thoughts I had …
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 …
I live in a forest, or so it seems. My backyard is filled with evergreen trees, birds of every species, and a stillness that makes the mind feel at ease—it's only missing a waterfall or tranquil river. I sit here this morning drinking my English breakfast tea—now lukewarm—listening to the melody of chirping birds. Each …
Seventeen and navigating my way through the treacherous roads called high school I sit here. I'm hoping my words don't fail me right now. I'm taking a deep breath in... This past week has been terribly difficult. It felt as if I were riding a bicycle downhill with faulty breaks. Oddly enough, the more momentum I …
A multitude of different sized flakes of snow began falling outside my bedroom window this morning. As the sun rose, the crisp air I breathed in refreshed my soul. The snowflakes were gracefully making their way to the objects they were destined to land on—leaves, branches, grass—every object anticipating the small drops of perfect ice …
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 …
Uptown Maven 