At the start of the 2010s, I was 10 years old and at the start of the 2020s, I am 20 years old. I genuinely can’t remember what happened in 2010 so I can’t really reflect back on it. Although I did grow up a lot and have all of my teen years in this …
Reflecting on this past year of being 19 in my last hour and on my last day of being in my teenage years, here are 19 things that I have learned at 19: I push people away when they get too close and that’s not okay. There are some things you can share with others …
At first love was just something that never happened, Another what if? But then it grew. As everyone around me fell in love or chose to avoid it I longed for it. When you’re a child A kiss is just a kiss The older you get the more meaning it has It starts to represent …
Why do I let you make me feel like shit? When you get angry or upset with me it’s never a fight. You give me the silent treatment And I’m left trying to figure out what I did to wrong you. I try to understand how this escalated Meanwhile, I know that I can’t ask …
Recently, I started going to this book club with my mother. The book club features a group of older, Mormon women with whom I have nothing in common. Our last book was Circe by Madeline Miller. The main topic of conversation was the book’s comments on aging. Circe admires how humans can age and get …