I want to be the woman in the neighborhood rumored to be a witch that eats children.

Imagine losing access to my laugh, my weird questions, my uplifting reminders, the way I see life, the depth of my conversations, my spark and most of all, my love and presence.

i like reassurance. i like being appreciated. i like reciprocated energy and love.

I read today that healing isn’t supposed to make you feel better, it’s supposed to make you better at feeling. That hit me hard

the hottest girl you know reads books, wears glasses, drinks coffee and cusses like a sailor.

Imagine realizing that the person you chose to build a life with is neither capable of love nor has the desire to give it. Imagine they show no care or compassion for your struggles, just coldness. Then imagine realizing the entire relationship was a LIE, and the only thing they

Today I am sad. I am broken. I am empty. But tomorrow is the beginning of me getting to be the person I want to be, not the smaller version of me you bullied into being. Please surround yourself with people who lift you up, not tear you down

Episode 20 of Into the Literary Well, where students discuss Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on the Train, is now uploaded. Enjoy! #Reading #WritingCommunity #BookTwitter #books #BooksWorthReading #BooksYouMustRead #readingcommunity creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/je…

Episode 21 of Into the Literary Well, where students discuss Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, is now uploaded. Enjoy! #Reading #WritingCommunity #BookTwitter #BooksWorthReading #books #BooksYouMustRead #readingcommunity creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/je…

Episode 22 of Into the Literary Well, where students discuss Cristina Henriquez's The Book of Unknown Americans, is now uploaded. Enjoy! #Reading #WritingCommunity #BookTwitter #BooksWorthReading #books #BookSpotlight #readingcommunity open.spotify.com/episode/34tlYa…

Double Dose! Episode 23 of Into the Literary Well, where students discuss Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, is now uploaded. Enjoy! #Reading #WritingCommunity #BookTwitter #BooksWorthReading #books #BookSpotlight #readingcommunity open.spotify.com/episode/5ZyLxN…

I’m halfway through the grading of my portfolios. 2 & 1/2 classes done, 2 & 1/2 to go!

Portfolios are done!!!! The end of the semester is near!!! Happy dance 💃 approaching!!!

Episode 24 of Into the Literary Well, where students discuss C. Pam Zhang's Land of Milk and Honey, is now uploaded. Enjoy! #Reading #WritingCommunity #BookTwitter #BooksWorthReading #BookSpotlight #books #readingcommunity open.spotify.com/episode/72Rdk7…

Episode 25 of Into the Literary Well, where students discuss Isabel Allende's In the Midst of Winter, is now uploaded. Enjoy! #Reading #WritingCommunity #BookTwitter #BooksWorthReading #bookspotlight #books #readingcommunity open.spotify.com/episode/4Glws2…

Watched Savannah g’s Dateline NBC on her mom. So sad… She said 1thing that got me-mom’s friend asking how she stays strong w/ all she’s going thru & mom said her faith… what else was going on in her life that mom needed her faith? Was it just her health or something more?

Episode 26 of Into the Literary Well, where students discuss Silvia Moreno Garcia's Mexican Gothic, is now uploaded. Enjoy! #ReadingNook #WritingCommunity #BookTwitter #BooksWorthReading #BookSpotlight #books #readingcommunity open.spotify.com/episode/5MiwQW…

Double Dose! Episode 27 of Into the Literary Well, where students discuss Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays, is now uploaded. Enjoy! #BookRecommendation #ReadingNook #BookTwitter #BooksWorthReading #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #books open.spotify.com/episode/6TCIDP…

My algorithm is all screwed up… what happened to my horoscopes???

I'm always going to be the girl who cares too much, loves too hard, cries too easily, feels too deeply and wears her scars proudly. I know exactly who I am and I will never make apologies for that.