I wanted to run as far away from New York as I could for as long as I can remember. Everything was here in the Big Apple. Not the vast opportunities but my grief, anxiety, and depression. It consumed my...

If one couldn’t tell by the pounds of makeup I cake on my face every weekend, the bouncy curls in my hair every day, and the smell of sweets and flowers as I walk by, I’m obsessed with all beauty-related...

My heart beats. Beat. Beat. Beat.  But it doesn’t beat the same. It’s slower. More spaced out.  Beat. Beat. Beat. This can happen to people for a multitude of reasons. Sometimes,...

To be an only child with three siblings is like being a flower without petals. To build a building with no supplies. To cook a pizza with pineapple on it.  It just doesn’t make sense. Yet,...

This week I turn 20-years-old. I officially will be out of my teenage years and will become a young adult. However, I’ve always felt like a young adult anyways. I think my experiences with...

I am a 5’10 bombshell blonde who lives on the Upper East Side with a trust fund to fall back on that has more money than the number of boys in love with me.  Despite the many boys in...

I was the only hostess at the time. One by one, the others quit for unknown reasons. I thought they had to be silly reasons. I would be different. I would be the hostess that stayed for the long haul. Oh,...

The air became colder as the Halloween spirit died down and candy morphed into empty wrappers. “Hi honey!”— my mom welcomed me home, embracing me in her arms, to the excruciating sound of my dad’s...

Every day I search for something I once had.  A father. Dad.   Whether it be through compensating in my relationships or over-expecting my mother to be two parents in one, I can never seem...