courage

At my age, it should be okay to spend the holidays away from home, but I’m a self-professed mama’s girl, and beyond that, it’s the first time I know so few people in one city. Homesicknesses isn’t ageist. I opted to spend my first Australian holidays in Sydney. I assumed that being with my sister would makeContinue reading “Courage”

This is the Only Way.

He asks me what I’m thinking and all I can think of is how every time I have worn this dress in the past two years, I have been having some variation of this conversation. I say, ‘I am so bored of this.’ Because it all sounds the same when someone doesn’t want you. As farContinue reading “This is the Only Way.”

Letter to my Sixteen Year Old Self

Dear Me at Sixteen, Stop running away. You are so much more than you think you are. Eat. I’m not going to tell you not to start smoking. I am going to tell you that you are not ugly. Not even a little bit. Over the years, many boys will tell you how crazy they wereContinue reading “Letter to my Sixteen Year Old Self”