the way that everyone around me is getting their lives together while i’m still trying to figure out why i have a drawer full of takeout menus and no idea how to cook anything more complicated than a bowl of cereal is just unfair. i watched my ex post engagement pics, and all i could think was how much of myself i built around being “us,” and now i’m just me, eating cold pizza on a couch that prob...
it’s 11:45 PM and I just realized I have twenty-two different spoons but I still can’t find the one I need to scoop the flour for my baking project. I spent the whole evening watching videos on how to make croissants and somehow my greatest achievement was organizing my spice rack. just as I was about to make my move, my phone buzzed with a reminder about that obscure recipe contest I entered on a...
have you ever told a lie so big that it became your new normal? i convinced everyone i was a vegetarian, even signed up for meatless meal plans. but i secretly devour bacon when no one is looking, wrapped in a blanket like it's a guilty secret. now, years later, i can't tell anyone the truth without feeling like i would shatter the illusion we've built together. sometimes i wonder if this lie has made me lonelier than being honest ever could.
have you ever told a lie so big that it became your new normal? i convinced everyone i was a vegetarian, even signed up for meatless meal plans. but i secretly devour bacon when no one is looking, wrapped in a blanket like it's a guilty secret. now, years later, i can't tell anyone the truth without feeling like i would shatter the illusion we've built together. sometimes i wonder if this lie has made me lonelier than being honest ever could.
ok but what if i had just picked the strawberry jam instead of the grape when I was ten? i’m telling you, life would have been SO different. I can picture it now: my family sitting at the table, all four of us sporting matching pineapple aprons, chanting “Team Strawberry!” while my cousin awkwardly clutches her turkey sandwich. it sounds ridiculous, but I swear that one small choice could have shi...