When I was young, as young as ten years old, I remember walking on my tiptoes around my house. It all started because I had this obsession with being quiet. I hated hearing the floorboards creak beneath my weight. It was like, even in my childhood, I was extremely disturbed by the idea of people […]
I don’t know if this makes sense. It’s hard to find the words when you can’t find the feelings yet. What I do have, for sure, is gratitude, safety, and love. Have these scattered thoughts, in the meantime 🙂 When I was sixteen, sitting in a lecture during my college tour at Saint Louis […]
This is the part where I start planning my post-graduate move to the highland countryside, where I will spend the rest of my life raising cows and cataloging native flowers. Can you tell I loved Ireland and Scotland? In case you couldn’t, maybe our travel video will give you a better idea: This week […]
The past two weeks have been PACKED full of adventures. I visited Granada, Spain and the Sierra Nevada mountain range during my fifth weekend here in Europe, and just yesterday, I got home from Morocco. I have a permanent cramp in my neck from sleeping on buses, but it’s been all kinds of worth it […]
I went to Paris with low expectations. Yeah, you read that right. Paris has always been a dream destination of mine. I love the history, and the architecture, and the generally romantic and magical portrayal of it in the media. My bathroom at home is Paris themed, so naturally, I always pictured myself […]
On January 18, my friend and I booked flights to Brussels. Less than a week later, we were there. Budget flight. Crappy hostel. Strange metro system. One backpack. Up there with the happiest weekends of my life! Seriously. So good that I bought a souvenir sweatshirt. Here’s a breakdown of my 45 hours […]
Update number 2: I’m falling more in love with Madrid every day. This place already feels like home, and I’ve quickly slipped into a routine. I’m soaking in every moment, and that’s easy to do here. Everything is brighter, and more beautiful, and more intentional. People move differently. Life moves differently. And I’m already dreading […]
Be still, my heart… I’m writing my first weekly update on life here in Madrid, Spain from the most adorable vintage coffee shop the world has ever seen. I’m in a quirky, upbeat little neighborhood that I found on my own, about a 12 minute metro ride from my apartment. I asked for the Wifi […]
Trigger Warning: This piece speaks explicitly about multiple forms of sexual assault. Please read at your own discretion. This takes a lot of courage to share, as it details experiences that I still feel embarrassed of and tainted by. But if there’s ever been a time that my stories are vital to the political climate, it’s […]
Hi, sweet readers! One of my resolutions this year was to post every week (so check back here each Monday for a new little blurb from me!) and another was to start journaling more. Just wanted to let you know that you can expect some more casual posts about my feelings and my life, sprinkled in with […]