I haven’t always had the best experiences with law enforcement. I seemed to have run-ins with them quite regularly in my late teens and early 20s. Yes, sweet little me didn’t always make the best decisions, believe it or not?! When I was in highschool, I stopped by Safeway with a friend so she could say hi to her boyfriend […]
Just because it doesn’t happen to you, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. This is my racism coming of age story, so to speak. I grew up in Bend when it was still a small town, lacking in diversity in a lot of ways but I didn’t realize that at the time. I spent my most formative years in a small […]
I didn’t drink a sip of alcohol for 2 months. This is a fairly big deal for me as I don’t think I’ve ever done that since I was, ohhh about 16 (sorry mom). Some incredible and life changing things happened during those 2 months: It started with the end of a relationship that I thought was going to be […]
The grass is always greener, right? We’ve all seen the entertaining memes and status updates from parents slowly going crazy at home with children or of people who are forced to spend way more time than normal with their partner or spouse. As someone who lives alone, I have to admit… I am slightly envious. Going through something like this […]
We watch our friend’s relationships on social media- Stary eyed photos of a new love, flushed cheeks and wide smiles, date nights, adventures, sweet words of affirmation shared with each other- perfectly posed snapshots of a budding romance. Then, over time, perhaps we see engagement photos, invitations, weddings, babies being born, or some variance of what it looks like to […]
