“Clearly this partnership is not working out and is getting toxic. These past few weeks have not been fun and I’m over it.” I’m trying not to let these words root into my soul. I’m trying not to let them change how I view myself. But they hurt. And they’re making me doubt and question and feel like the worst […]

My mom had a 5 AM meeting this morning and while she had the decency to use her headphones, she hasn’t quite perfected her inside voice. Throw in nonstop notifications now that Robin was finally awake and could respond to my messages, and I was awake at an unfair hour. So it was Instagram, emails, and bank account- still broke, […]

(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 […]

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 […]

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 […]