She loved the view from her apartment window. She could see the sun rise and the flowers begin to bloom. She could see the top of the churches and be mesmerized. It was all good. Nothing could make her feel differently about the world. The […]
I saw the dot And it pricked my gut It mocked my dreams And it dulled my tongue I couldn’t wish it away And my hopes were stained It brutishly aged my beliefs And it showed me my mountains I was made mutedly fraught And it was a […]
Sometimes we remove ourselves in order to seek inner peace and harmony. We go to an empty room and hide. Or rather look deep into ourselves in an empty room. We go to a restroom and just sit there for a few minutes regrouping after a hard […]
Not a single battery more fits into the candy jar. She longed for the days when life was simple and a candy jar was filled with candy. Since when did we need to remind ourselves that we needed to recharge our minds, body and soul? Her family […]
Have you ever tried to look at yourself in the mirror and speak the truth? Tell the mirror your insecurities? Tell the mirror your fears? Tell the mirror how you wish you could be? I’m not talking about a Snow White interaction with the mirror. I’m […]
Ever since I was a little girl, I have had a love-hate relationship with my hair. My mom didn’t have a clue how to comb curly hair and thus my hair often became an entangled mess. It was once so bad, that my local hair stylist […]
Living in two cities in the west coast is like living in two mystical time zones. Los Angeles and San Francisco are so completely different from one another they should essentially be in different states. Foggy …. Sunny Lukewarm ….Hot Overpriced …. Slightly expensive Faux diversity ….. […]
There was once a time when men and women worked hard day in and day out for 20 years at the same place. Upon retirement they received a gold watch. Or so it may have been. And perhaps it still is for a select few. I […]
She had walked down the hallways of her new workplace many times at this point. Everything seemed normal. That is until she noticed the blood on the walls. Why was there blood? Whose blood was it? All the other walls were white just like an institution. She […]
Her eyes were tightly closed and moving quickly in different directions. This is where she spent about 20% of her time, as did most adults. However, she wanted to spend more like 50% of her time just like when she was a baby. Those must have been […]