A Prerequisite to a High School Reunion
I thought that by this time in life, I’d know what I was doing and maybe where I was going. I thought I’d like, I don’t know, be there already. Somewhere. What am I going […]
Self
How to Be Beautiful: A Reflection of Beauty
OMG, when I look in the mirror, I’m a fat cow! Ask anyone in high school, I was a, “fat cow.” The whispers of the insecure dressed in holier-than-thou costumes echoed through the hallways of pencils and ammonia, […]
Shit Straightening Togetherness
My 2016 Word of the Year is, “Get-my-shit-together.” Ok. That’s like 4 words but if you put the dashes in between them, it makes it a “compound” word. Now that I think about it, does […]
Dear Me: You’re Wrong about Me
Dear Me, Every time I look at you, I see failure growing abundantly on your waistline, shriveling up on your face, and crapping all over your home. I know you are intelligent and talented, but I […]
Military vs. Real World Metaphorical Pushups
The hardship I am most thankful for is insanity. Basic military training is designed to tear you down to nothing and then rebuild you into a soldier: strong, bullet-proof, unstoppable. Every time you make a mistake, […]
Turning the Other Cheek
If I were a fairy tale creature, I’d be an abstract, like how shit happens in a dream, just a surreal blur of inconspicuous emotions manifested through random images and icons. I’d be all the […]
The Day I was a Stripper: modern fairy tales story
Once upon a time, there was a princess a snarky, ball-busting bitch named Michelle (that would be me, this is an autobiographical account that can be considered one of the many modern fairy tales). The Executive […]
In order to truly listen, you have to stop listening
As the snow dribbles from the cold, blue lips of winter’s heavens, if you listen carefully, you will hear it speak like Rice Crispies drowning in milk. I have learned with age people are like snow, […]