He’s 25? Well that’s no big deal. It’s always a good idea to date a guy who’s a few years younger than you anyway. You know, cus they always die first. That’s what I did. Your dad is four years younger than me. Have fun on your double date Sweetie! Sorry for the absence my dears, it is crunch [...]

[My mother unearthed several boxes of letters from my childhood. I have no clue why they were saved, but what's mine is yours. And if there is one thing more ridiculous than my current life, it would have to be all the time leading up to my current life.  Hence, I created the Open Letters [...]

My life began in a unicorn-filled meadow, where I was fed cinnamon rolls for dinner and had sweet dreams of hot pink, glitter-filled balloons.  The only thing I remember getting in trouble for was not finishing a satisfying amount of cinnamon rolls by my mother’s standard-a burden which nearly broke me.  But it was my unlikely cross to bear.  Each night, I painted the neighborhood [...]

As a young and awkward child, I was painfully shy and introverted.  Maybe it was my jacked up teeth.  Perhaps it was the acne.  Or my untameable, frizzy hair before I discovered straighteners or anything other than Pert Plus.  It could have been tragic the ankle-length skirts and turtlenecks enforced by my private school dress code. There’s no way of [...]