November 2020
Choosing Life
It’s been one year since Grace Edward’s entire life was flipped upside down. One year of hospitalizations, therapy sessions, broken relationships, and relapses. One year of her adolescence, lost to mental illness.
Blog Posts

Catheters, Colonoscopies, and Radioactive Oatmeal
As I set out to write this post, I’m simultaneously working my way through a bowl of Cream of Wheat with bananas and pureed strawberry

The Frustrating Reality of Trying to Make It as an Author
I’ve known I wanted to be an author since I was in my early teens. Initially, writing was my salvation; it helped pull me out

How My Life Has Changed Since I Quit Social Media
I belong to the last generation who didn’t grow up with social media; in fact, it wasn’t until I was in middle school that social

New Year, New Diagnosis
As those who have been following my journey are aware, I began to struggle pretty significantly with my health last summer, after years of things

The Best Books I Read in 2024
As I wrote in my last post, 2024 was a difficult year, one that challenged me in more ways than I could have ever anticipated.

2024: A Challenging, Frustrating Year
It’s hard to believe that December is already halfway over. These last few months have felt excruciatingly long, yet looking back on them now, they