(I tried to write this in my journal, and it just didn’t work out the same way.) Good luck to the person who stands in my way, because I can and will do anything I set my mind to. Lose 20 pounds because my face looks like a hexagon in all these Christmas photos? Did it; then I lost 10 […]
2023
I Want to Know How This Ends
It was a reading day. These are my favorite kinds of days. When my nose is deep into a book and nothing else can stop me from turning page after page after page. Seven hours, a few bathroom breaks, and a pause to eat dinner… I’ve managed 200+ pages today with about 30 pages left in the book. I’m finally […]
2023
No More Lessons
As I walked out the office, the security guard uncle looked at me, gave me a smile, and motioned a thumbs up. I frowned and said, “No, not yet. I have to come back tomorrow.” Then out of pure reflex, I told him, “God is really taking my faith to the end of the line here.” It feels like over […]
2023
I Put In the Work
Strong and (fire emoji) (fire emoji) You look great Meg! Go Meg (praise hands emoji) (Clapping hands emoji) Wow! You look great (thumbs up emoji) You do look great!! (clapping hands emoji) (clapping hands emoji) (clapping hands emoji) So cute!!!!! Slay!!!!! (love hands emoji) And that was just in my DMs. From guys that I barely talk to. From cousins […]
2023
Why Can’t You Just Love Me
I screamed today. Like top of my lungs screamed. I cried, and I screamed. And in that moment I could have punched through a glass window with the amount of adrenaline coursing through my body. I was so angry. And what Meighan would ask me is what is that anger masking? Because anger is never the emotion. Anger is the […]