Sitting here in my airplane seat, 30,000 feet above the earth, I don’t know if it’s the actual closer proximity to God, or the thinning of oxygen in the air, but for the first time in a week, I am able to breathe. Able to think. Able to remove myself from the whirlpool of emotionContinue reading On Being Strong
So tonight, forgive me, but I’m going to reblog one of my favorite posts from 2016. We’ve been dealing with a family emergency, so I haven’t had 2 minutes to sit down and write to you, my dear friends. So thank you for giving me an extra couple days here. This post is ringing true inContinue reading Deep Water
Whenever I go home to Ohio, probably one of the biggest adjustments to have to get used to, is…the quiet. Falling asleep, there is nothing. Maybe a distant train. Maybe the ticking of a clock. But it is silent. Especially in the winter. When there’s a blanket of snow covering the ground, the silence canContinue reading Silent Night
Ever have one of those moments when something so casual and everyday smacks you upside the head with such plain english, it’s laughable? Maybe I’m not making myself 100% clear. Articulate, Caralyn. Okay. Sometimes, all it takes is an outside perspective — or, a frank remark by a highly intelligent Wall Street #girlboss lawyer — toContinue reading Frank Conversations
Sooo…there’s something you don’t know about me. Something that….mayyy come as a bit of a surprise. Which, at this point…given all the highly invasive intel you have on my personal life, really, nothing can come as a shock anymore. AmIright or amIright? #NoRegrets I was the president of my sorority in college. Not like aContinue reading The Truth About Sororities
Wow, thank you for the incredibly kind response to Monday’s post. I’ve got to be honest….I was not planning on publishing that post. I had a different one (that I actually shared on Patreon) all tee’d up and ready to go, but I made a game time decision to switch it up. Don’t know why…it just felt…right.Continue reading A Follow Up
Honesty. Given everything going on in the media surrounding the outcome of the election, it seems that that word has kind of lost its value recently. It’s kind of lost its meaning…like when a package of cheese puffs says the ingredients are 100% natural….suuuuure, buddy. Like, what does that even mean anymore? But it still holds a lotContinue reading Letting You In
It always amazes me how the littlest thing can really set you off, emotionally. I don’t know if it was because the election has emotions running high, or because I was overly tired after a weekend of perhaps a little too much fun, but I found myself watching the American Music Awards (AMAs) last night,Continue reading Seeing the Big Picture
Growing up, I always knew three things: Wearing a gray shirt washed me out (I would proclaim this as a “fashion conscious” and unapologetically precocious 7 year old) We had to go to church on Sunday. My father was a good man. Those were mainstays in my life. How those things morphed into a life threateningContinue reading This Might Piss People Off
I am heart sick tonight. Not because of the election. Not because there’s a rumor that Drake and T. Swift are dating. But because of a piece of news I heard just the other night. Over the weekend, at my cousin’s university, there was a tragedy. His roommate: a kind, loving, and incredibly smart youngContinue reading Light in the Dark
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