THE FIVE STAGES OF FUCK YOU

When I was about 19 years old, I called an ex-boyfriend and asked him to meet me. I was struggling with a new boyfriend who had...

It's a strange feeling being 33 years old and realizing you don't know yourself at all. To realize that everything you are is because...

I believe that we are allowed to change our minds. When I say one thing and then change my mind, it bothers me when people don't accept...

When I started this blog, I named it "the five stages of fuck you," because I wanted to tie in the five stages of grief with the desire...

It is hard for me to imagine being more mentally healthy than I am in this moment. But, as I look back over the last year, I thought that...

Forgiveness. When I think about this word, I think about all the people I've forgiven in my life. And how after forgiving each of them,...

As we approach the holiday season, I have noticed a lot of conversation about the holidays and how hard they are. Most people talk about...

I woke up today in a mindset that I was done settling. As I looked in the mirror at my reflection, I thought to myself, "I've been here...

This month has been the month of utter confusion. Complete chaos in my head and in my heart. And a lot of moments of absolute...

This past August, I was supposed to move to Spain. I chose to put this adventure off until the following year for a lot of reasons. One,...

Most days nothing bothers me. I feel like I have released so much toxic energy from my life that I am able to feel peace. Most days I can...

Steve. Steve. Steve. Steve... We were sitting in a booth at Denny's eating breakfast when I was about 10. Steve was always doing anything...

"I'm never going to be here again." I said this to myself while standing in the foyer of the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. I was...

Happy National Boyfriend Day! Ew. Listen, I am a lover of love. I want it. I crave it. I need it. But, lately, I have zero interest in...

"Hi." "I know this is breaking the rules..." I was leaving work when I got the texts. I knew I shouldn't text him back, but I did. I...

I was 25 years old and about 3 years into my military career and my relationship. It was not uncommon to be on the phone that late at...

Re-wiring your brain to think differently than you've been taught your entire life takes time. That's such a blanket statement. "Takes...

I said something in one of my recent posts that really bothered me. Sometimes I say things that I'm sure I feel and then it aches in me...

My whole life I have felt like a late bloomer. I have always done things much later than my friends or other people I knew. I didn't get...

I don't want children. I wish you knew the kind of looks I get when I say this out loud. It's appalling the expressions and comments I...