“I wish I could grow up sooner!” my five-year-old self exclaimed. Little did she know that growing up is far more maddening and infuriating than she could imagine. When I was a child, I remember how easily I became annoyed if my parents ordered me to take a nap during the daytime. “Why should I [...]
I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to you today with a heavy heart, filled with regret and remorse for the pain I have caused you. Please accept my sincerest apologies for my thoughtless actions and the hurt they have inflicted upon you. I understand my actions were careless, and I should [...]
It’s easy to feel like I am unlovable. Like the way that I am takes away some of the value I hold as a human being. That I am ‘less than’ because of reasons ‘x, y, and z.’My struggle with mental health has falsely defined me for too much of my life. I allowed the [...]
The biggest life lesson I’ve learned is that to be healed doesn’t mean everything will feel suddenly perfect forever. It’s a misconception I used to punish myself over. Why am I feeling like this again when I was doing so great? Instead, to be healed means; you have better coping mechanisms to deal with the [...]
I haven’t found my true home yet.” When someone says “I’m homesick”, often we assume they are in some foreign land, sighing in desperation: “Oh how I miss the weather, the people, the food, the comfort of my bed…” Then when they return home, guess what? They’re still homesick. I’ve struggled to describe that feeling [...]
Sometimes, all you need is to take a break and work on yourself. If you’ve experienced emotional pain or trauma, you know that healing is a process. And just like a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, you too must undergo a period of transformation in order to emerge as a stronger, more resilient version of [...]
It’s so hard for you right now. No one seems to understand. Many seem to not care. I’m sorry. You’re right. It’s super hard. Your emotions are all over the place. You aren’t sure what you’re going to do. You’re not even sure you’re going to make it. By grace, through faith, you WILL make [...]
"I don’t know if I want you, he says. But I do know I don’t want anyone else to have you.It wasn’t good enough, I knew that. Honestly I did. In my mind, it was crystal clear. My heart, however, was having a serious case of selective hearing. All it heard was I don’t want anyone else to have you. And [...]
I wish I could hate you; It’s funny, I never thought I’d be writing this post yet here I am, hurting, crying, and breaking and it’s entirely my own fault. Against my better judgement, I let you in, I held onto hope, onto faith and onto wishes that I wanted so desperately to come true. [...]
I hope you’re at peace, as much at peace as you can be under the circumstances. I hope you’re eating well and taking care of yourself physically. I hope you have the basic necessities — not including the one you’re more than likely substituting with a bottle of lotion and a smutty magazine — and [...]
Perfectly Imperfect 