Day 100: The Finale – My Story

“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” – Charles Bukowski We made it! 100 days later (give or take lol) and here we are! I am so excited to have finished this project, to have been able to learn so much from all of my willing participants, and I’m really proud of…

Day 79/ Day 80: What Love is Like in 2017

“Maybe we feel empty because we leave pieces of ourselves in everything we used to love.” – Unknown Cici B – she’s tough. She’s real. She’s the fire I always wish I had and am sure I am becoming. Reading her words makes me oddly emotional. Mainly because I’m welcomed again by the reality of how…

Day 67: The Bench

“Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.” – James Thurber Whether you’ve lost love due to the death of a relationship or the passing of one’s life, love is what you’ve shard with someone. Hurt, pain, loss, these are feelings we are all no strangers to, yet we try so hard to hold them…

Day 61: Choose Her Every Day (or Leave Her)

“Intimate relationships don’t last because you love each other. They last because you make—and remake—a choice.” I just had the most intense 4-way FaceTime call with my girls. The topic: Why are men so lazy. It seems like guys are prepared to climb over mountains, bust through walls, or stop  fires all in an effort…

Day 52: Love Doesn’t Change, People Do

“All love shifts and changes. I don’t know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.” –   Julie Andrews At first, I didn’t quite understand what Julie Andrews meant in her above quote. To me, if I’m declaring my love for you – it’s real, it’s honest, it’s true, it’s constant. That…

Day 41: All is Fair in Love & Sacrifice

“I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.” – Lauren Oliver We are no strangers to sacrifice. In fact, I believe a lot of our common ground is founded on the simple act of giving things up. Sometimes, we have to…

Day 37: The Empty Cup

Poetry heals. Words have become my medicine.    Did you hope I wouldn’t notice You gave me empty words to drink? Well my tongue’s tasted more lies, Than you would ever dare to think, You’re not the only one, With truth like poison in their veins, Whose ribs are shaped like cages, Holding tightly to the…

Day 34: Don’t Look Back

“It takes huge effort to free yourself from memory.” – Paulo Coelho The past is an awful place to get stuck in. It’s even more toxic when you’re stuck there with someone you love. It’s like you both want to move forward and you’d like to do it collectively, however, the only memories that seem…