Gillian Sisley. Remember her name. Seriously. I stumbled upon her when I joined Medium last year, and I was blown away by how clearly I could hear her voice in her story telling. She immediately made me feel like I was safe – like I could share my sexual assault story without shame. Like the…
I was 13 years old, bawling my eyes out in my parents’ room. I just lost my big sister to ovarian cancer and I was screaming, asking God how he could do this to someone. How he could take away someone so young and special so suddenly. After what seemed like years of sobbing, my…
I currently have 4,195 photos on my camera roll — I love increments of five, so it genuinely brings a sense of ease over me. I’m scrolling up to January 2020 to see what the hell happened to me this year because honestly, ending it by leaving my long-term relationship has almost forced me to compartmentalize the…
It’s finally December – one of my favorite months, especially for eight-year-old me! It’s the start of the month and I’m begging my Dad to go get the tree; it’s always been a family tradition of ours to get a real one. He said we have to wait a little longer, though, so it doesn’t…