& Kindess

I’m grateful for anyone that’s ever hurt me because every now and then I need a reminder that the world isn’t as kind as I need it to be. It also motivates me to continue to spread kindness in hopes to warm someone’s cold soul. 

& Friendships

They say the older you get the more you grow a part from people. The optimist in me didn’t want to believe it though. I hold on firmly to the philosophy that you’re only as young as you think you are. Some of my friends (who are a few months younger than me) do not…

& I’ve Always Been a Reader

The thing that attracts me to books is the fact that books have always been there for me. There were times growing up when we had to choose between hot water or electricity and books made life easier. It was amazing that I practically grew up in the library. After school I was hanging out…

& Forevers

Speak now or forever hold your peace If I’m in, I’m all in Now a days I only invest my time in forevers I no longer believe in right now mentality I shouldn’t believe in forevers either but Even after who I thought was my forever took me and broke me I put myself back…

& Metaphorically Speaking

He loved me like someone repeatably stabbing me in the heart and then kissing me like everything would be okay. I’d cry sometimes, and like a junkie I’d come back screaming, “I can fix this.” As an optimist, I sure don’t know when to give up. Love is the strongest narcotic and the only rehab…

Six Words

“He likes me, broken and all.”

Yesterday’s Poem

It’s been two years, three months and five days since our last breakup. We were for real this time. This time there wasn’t any “I’m sorry” or “We’ll do better next go around.” We just gave up. We gave up on the daily texts and the hourly how was your day recaps. What we had…

& Unwritten

I thought about calling but I knew your wouldn’t answer. I keep you in prayers before I fall asleep. I still think about you dream about you as if we still speak. It weird because even when I don’t like you I love you. I’ll never be able to give my everything to someone the…

& Adventures

March was full of adventure after freakin’ adventure I tell you! You know those Facebook contests that you swear are fake? They’re not! Thanks to Rue21  I  won a completely free trip to San Diego to meet Lea Michelle. They gave me spending money and put me and a friend in a suite.  I don’t…