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  • Are You Living Your Dream Life?

    This is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be?When the world was younger and you had everything to lose– Switchfoot When I think of the house with the white picket fence, I think of white suburbia.… Continue reading

    Are You Living Your Dream Life?
  • Becoming the woman I want to be in 2025 | Goals that inspire growth

    It is February 9, 2025 and I am now writing about my New Years resolutions because I procrastinate, but most importantly, I get so caught up in the day to day hustle and bustle that I forget my goals. Another… Continue reading

    Becoming the woman I want to be in 2025 | Goals that inspire growth
  • Lessons from 2024: Overcoming Inaction and Embracing Change

    I must have said this in the past, but I truly love the close of something and the beginning of another. Meaning, reflecting on the past year is a necessity for me in order to move on. I need to… Continue reading

    Lessons from 2024: Overcoming Inaction and Embracing Change
  • Important Life Lesson for Your 30’s

    I don’t remember most of my 20’s. I think what I remember the most was is my desire to escape it. I felt a lot of pressure about everything. About things that I was pressuring with myself. I think of… Continue reading

    Important Life Lesson for Your 30’s
  • Embracing Change: My Journey of Becoming and Self-Discovery

    When I think of becoming, I want to start from the genesis of my life.  I am immediately wanting to start from my birth, and mention all the ways I have changed and become throughout the years. But I am… Continue reading

    Embracing Change: My Journey of Becoming and Self-Discovery
  • An Ode to My Apartment

    A few mornings ago, I was sitting on my balcony and I was thinking about how I couldn’t wait to move. You see, I wanted to move last year but due to some difficulties I was not able to. So… Continue reading

    An Ode to My Apartment
  • When Did We Get So Old?

    One day, you are crying in your room about not being able to go out. Next, you are tired of going out too much.  When did we get so old? I remember being about 8 years old, my only desire… Continue reading

    When Did We Get So Old?
  • A Solemn Birthday to Me

    It is the night before my birthday.  I will be the age that my brother died. I will be celebrating my first birthday without my brother Scott.  This day has been morose. I am not sure how I feel. I… Continue reading

    A Solemn Birthday to Me
  • The One Where I Choose Me

    I’ve spent the last few years thinking about how I don’t show up for myself, how I don’t make myself a priority. I always choose me last. As if I am not worthy of being put first.  No one has… Continue reading

    The One Where I Choose Me
  • My Funeral Dress

    After the funeral, I washed the dress and hung it in my closet. Anytime I would want to wear it, I would tell myself that it was my funeral dress, so I couldn’t possible wear it on a normal day.… Continue reading

    My Funeral Dress
  • On Grief

    I feel like somewhat of an imposter writing about grief, as I don’t fully understand it. I have written it in my mind several times, because I need to put into words how I feel. But I am finding that… Continue reading

    On Grief
  • On New Beginning

    It is bittersweet that I am writing my first blog post on this new blog.  Bitter because I’ve had a blog for so many years with a decent amount of content, which was infected with malware because the host site,… Continue reading

    On New Beginning