As women, we aren’t born feeling the same pressures that often plague our young adult and adult lives. We didn’t inherently feel guilty for ordering cheese fries over a side-salad or for being ruthlessly stubborn about what we want and believe in. We wore our tangly hair proudly down our backs and knees skinned up …
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From the mere age of twelve, I thought I knew what I was going to be when I grew up. I had always wanted to be a doctor – a cardiothoracic surgeon to be exact. My favorite television shows were Trauma, Life in the ER, Grey’s Anatomy (still is one of my favorites today) and …
Unfortunately, nice people are taken advantage of from time to time. When you are inclined to always say “yes” or help, others may take it as a signal that you are a good tool to utilize. Maybe this person is not so much your “friend” as they are an opportunist who sees you as a good …
Having a boyfriend is a very enjoyable, but also very difficult thing. The idea of romance is one ridden with social cues and protocol, one of those being the need for companionship. All of us who have a boyfriend are girlfriend because, primarily, we enjoy their companionship to such an extent that we want to make …
Getting organized can be hard, especially if you are not very organized to begin with. If you’re anything like me, you pine after the countless ‘Getting Organized’ boards on Pinterest and hope that one day, you’re life could be somewhat organized. Well, it can be! It doesn’t take a lot to begin on your journey …
We all have a story. We all have experiences that forced us to overcome and rise from the wreckage of life’s most devastating disappointments. This is mine. A couple years before my dad passed, my mom walked out of our lives. She left her kids to pursue a life with some truck driver whose name …
My dad always said that when I get in the “mode” there’s no stopping me. By that, he means the cleaning mode. I get an idea in my head to maybe start picking up some clothes off the floor and before you know it I’m organizing drawers/taking out bags of garbage/crawling into the attic to …
We’ve all been affected by one way or another by loss. Whether the loss of a loved one or the loss of a distant relation. And if you haven’t yet experienced it, you someday will. It’s easy to let depression and self-pity take over during this time of loss. I choose to look at what …
Not to sound cheesy, but this past October changed my life so significantly. I got engaged while on a trip with my boyfriend (now fiance) and his family. It happened at the most magical place on Earth, Disney World. I couldn’t have been more excited and shocked (also bawling of course). But there was something …