Hello fellow Bloggers! I'm sorry for my hiatus...I've moved to Texas to study Acting at Texas State University! I'm loving it and I've really created a home for myself here. However, I missed blogging terribly and I am now in a place where I can spend time working on new and better content! I hope [...]
Show Me Happiness
Lights up. A beautiful nervous energy fills my body. The excitement of possibility is all around me. I am in my element. I grew up on sturdy bed frames and brown painted walls. Both noncreative and entirely efficient, my world was made of math problems and sports bras. My parents: athletic and academic. Me: not. [...]
I Floated On the Unknown
Ever experience L'appel du vide? Literally translated to “call of the void.” It's that little voice that tells you to jump when you're up high. I've been standing on the ledge of the metaphorical bridge that is my life, only held up by the thin wiring that diverges the stable wood under my feet. I feel [...]
Summer Longing
As close as it was to being a white Christmas this year in Philly, I felt myself get nostalgic for the warm summer days of T-shirts and sunscreen. So here's a small excerpt of memories from my past/creative writing improv that will hopefully sedate some of that warm-season-sickness...enjoy!! I wake up, momentarily, to the sound [...]
My Week
I'm covering a whole week because we're on winter break and there's too much going on not to! Saturday: Today I taught my last kindergarten ballet class for the year! They were so excited that we were going to watch The Nutcracker and play games! My friend came over to watch The Internship--a hilarious movie--and [...]
Who I Am and Why I’m Here
I woke up one day inspired to start a new lifestyle. Maybe it was the impending new year or the white blanket outside my window...either way I felt the excited buzz of an impending "new page" in the book of my life. However, I found it so extremely challenging to find a blog to help [...]