There’s much to be said about how the locations of our upbringings alter the adults we later become, but what about the lovers we later become? Many characteristics and lessons can derive from growing up in a small area with a tight-knit group of people fueled by familiar traditions and thoughts. It changes you, no …
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It is our nature to blame the media for our poor perceptions of reality and the ways we compare ourselves to idealistic standards. At one time, that may have been true. It may have been the airbrushed models in the magazines, and the seemingly flawless lifestyles of celebrities that made us feel like boring little …
I’m going to ask you to do something that may be difficult and upsetting, but these kinds of conversations can never be easy. I want you to take a moment to think about the people that you have lost. Dig deep into the corners of your heart, where you have had to safely store their …
People are like puzzle pieces. You search and search for the right ones. You pick up a few that don’t fit, and frustratingly place them back in the pile. A few fall on the floor, and you seemingly lose them forever at that point. A few feel absolutely impossible to find. But sometimes, a piece just …
In life, you will find that you have to settle for many things, love should never be one of them. Trust. Unending laughter. Adventures. Passion. A number one fan. An ability to inspire and teach one another. Safety and security. Late night conversations. Mutual respect. Inside jokes. Honesty. Starry nights. A second family. Delicious …
You knew what you were leaving behind. You knew as you packed up your memories into a few empty beer boxes laying around your tiny apartment. You knew as you last hugged the people you spent every minute of the last four years with extra tight, and tried to convince yourselves that nothing would change. …
True friendship knows no bounds…and has no boundaries. 1. Group texts are a way of life. 2. Essentially, if you leave that thing alone for a few hours you come back to fifty messages. 3. Late night phone calls must be answered. 4. Countdowns to the next time you will be seeing each other …
Love is terrifying, and terror is love. How exceptional is falling in love? How breathtakingly incredible. How painful and enchanted it is to have your protected vessel opened. It presents so many chances for overwhelming pain, and also for captivating joy.  It’s a double-edged sword that can release your innermost desires and also your deepest …
Wait, did she just say men? Yes, I did. It honestly shouldn’t be so groundbreaking to consider that both genders of one human race encounter similar internal conflicts. I’m a women’s writer, and one of the key issues I see within the field is that some feel separating the two genders is what leads to …