I feel the most alive when I’m not distracted by the life I want to live. When I can place myself in the life I am living.
Tag Archives: family
healthiest eating habits
My healthiest eating habit is being able to prepare a warm meal or a little something sweet, sit down with my loved ones, and share it with them.
go ahead
Rip the band-aid, Kejt! The expectations you set early in life will follow you forever.
my sister and i
Time goes by, and in the smoky snake we see the trajectory of our desired lives, a vision we are yet to unlock. The vision dissolves in a minute in our minds, replaced by muffled curses from those who won’t let us outgrow them.
advice from your big sister
I feel like my childhood started with losing my footing at my first steps, and ever since then I’ve been doing the panic sprint. I still haven’t found my footing.
to exist in the world as a woman
Every time I take a step towards the benefit of the doubt, I am reminded in a cruel way what a man really is.
Navigating Adulthood
All my childhood, with how I held myself, I always ran ahead of time. Then, at one moment, I stopped to catch my breath, and when I wanted to start again, life had already passed me by.
Devastating Fires in Croatia
With temperatures exceptionally high this year, what happened is a catastrophe. The scenes we were watching this morning are unfathomable.
While I ate cake at a family gathering: Thoughts on family
I stood in the corner, a paper plate with a slice of cake in my lap. My eyes widened with confusion. Looking around me, I realized: I don’t know that many happy families.
Children’s Understanding of Grief
My godson caught me off guard with how he explained where his grandparents are. To him, it was just another version of the story. Maybe next time he’ll get with something else, until he’s old enough to understand. Children’s understanding of death and grief is the most heartbreaking oblivion there is.
