21 years!

November 24, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

#celebrate

Once Upon a Time

November 8, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

#onceuponatime #overcoming

In honor of Suicide Prevention Month – I know depression too well

September 16, 2015.Reading time 8 minutes.

excerpt from Evolving to Grace… By the eighth grade, I would lock myself up in my room for hours, scarring my wrists over and over again with safety pins, not looking for attention but to overpower the pain I was going through. I had even tried strangling myself with a belt, but I couldn’t get […]

What remains after…

August 5, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

What remains after the butterfly has gone. What remains is sorrow—that I won’t have one last kiss. What remains is loneliness—that I won’t have one last embrace. What remains is bitterness—that you had to leave me so soon. What remains is guilt—that I wasn’t there for you in the end. What remains is disbelief—that you’re […]

I matter

August 3, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’m just another writer, turned author, who hopes to be good enough that someone will like her book, her story. Many that know me may not know this about me and could never imagine the roads I’ve traveled. I was born into a family, at least from one side, that was very privileged. My grandfather […]

My message to you.

May 23, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Much love, Grace #hope #love #inspire

Loneliness

March 29, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Loneliness is a void in one’s self that everyone feels at some point in their lives. I always felt so alone and at such an early age that it seemed like I was always alone, even when I was playing with my sister or someone. For as long as I can remember, I always felt like […]

Looking for Strength

October 27, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I must keep this in mind

The Story of Her Life

June 2, 2014.Reading time 31 minutes.

There are many journeys we all take in our lifetime. Many roads leading us to whom we are destined to become or to the life we are destined to live. Her journey had been a long one, sometimes extremely difficult to emotionally or physically survive from. Her story begins in a different country than she […]

Beautiful Chaos

May 15, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Beautiful chaos A childhood that shows and teaches all that is golden. Diamonds and pearls and all the social graces Beautiful chaos A childhood that shows and teaches all that is dark. Sorrow and abuse and all the pain of your loves Beautiful chaos An adult now that lives and experiences and knows all the […]