Diary: Paris
"One year ago today I was on a plane headed to Paris. I had just come back from another trip. One day separating such vastly different men and different experiences. To succinctly put it, one man I was hoping to fall in love with, and another who was falling in love with me."
Diary: Try, try, and fail again
"I was supposed to have a first date on Thursday...I was supposed to finally be meeting someone I was genuinely excited to meet, to get to know, to maybe even just allow myself to hope to find that spark, that excitement again...to have it all go away, again—just like that."
Diary: 3 Months
“Hard to believe it’s only been three months, and yet so much has happened in that time. …
May 1st I had something amazing happen, and I even allowed myself to have hope. …I have hoped for something like this for so long...and it really felt like a dream, while it lasted.”
Diary: To strong women
"Tonight I honor women, but especially strong, independent women.
The kind who get dealt the hard shit, the kind who get knocked down in life, and yet...who find the strength within to get back up and keep fighting. To keep showing up every single damn day."
Love is a Four-Letter Word
"Somehow, in loving me, I found that I could love again. I hope that someday, when the timing is right, I will meet someone who is ready, and who’s heart is open to receive this love; but, until then, I am happy and content knowing that I have found everything I need, right here."
A is for Acceptance
"Acceptance. It is the only answer I have found that gives me any comfort whatsoever—in life, in relationships—acceptance of what has happened, and that there is nothing we can do to change it. The promotion or raise we didn’t get; the invitation we were expecting which never comes; the call or text you were hoping he would make, but you never receive; the man you fall in love with, who will never love you back. Acceptance. Even when it breaks your heart, accepting that this is the hand life has dealt you in this moment."
Diary: This is 34
"I feel like there are two moments when life gives you the chance to hit the “reset button.” New Year’s and Birthdays. Tomorrow is my birthday and I’m definitely taking a moment to look back on all that thirty-three has brought me."