Pinnedtwenty three and so, so greenthere’s something about you that now i can’t remember, it’s the same damn thing that made my heart surrender, and i’ll miss you on a train, i’ll miss you in the morning, i never know what to think about (i think about you) I never thought it would be New…Coming Of Age5 min readComing Of Age5 min read
Pinnedtwenty-who?“…it mattered to me.” — Sometimes endings are forced upon me before I think I am ready for them. The landmark twenty-first year is gone. Outdoor seating is stored away for the winter, leaving brown spots on the grass where the tables and chairs were. The leaves fall, the sun departs. Close friendships end unceremoniously…Birthday4 min readBirthday4 min read
Nov 8, 2020twenty donepray to the god that you don’t quite believe in to bless this fleeting moment (yeah, yeah, yeah) — I’m not convinced that an introduction is necessary at this point because so much information is available and popular internet culture reaches so many people that it seems like we’re all starting with the same context (I know we’re not). It feels redundant to reiterate the parameters of this yearly…Twenty Something4 min readTwenty Something4 min read
Nov 7, 2019a scoreSo you move to California, but it’s just a state of mind… turns out everywhere you go you take yourself, that’s not a lie. — What does it mean to deserve something? I think I believe that fundamentally, all of this is just atoms crashing into each other and that none of it holds cosmic significance; I don’t believe that the world has any grand destiny for me. But I struggle to reconcile this cosmic…Birthday3 min readBirthday3 min read
Dec 21, 2018fineteenIt’s all in my head, you see. — Hi and welcome to the Nineteenth Birthday Edition of Grace reflecting, being anxious, and making self-deprecating jokes to avoid uncomfortable moments of vulnerability! I am your host, Grace. Please see my prior editions of this series for further background. Plenty has evolved in the time since I last wrote. I…Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
Dec 31, 2017Gr8teenThe only consistency I maintain on this platform is the annual year-in-review article I write around my birthday. I started writing the first piece when I was still fifteen. Now, I’m eighteen. Fifteen and eighteen are different numbers because of math, but also because I am different (thank goodness) after…Mental Illness5 min readMental Illness5 min read
Dec 17, 2016Anxiety: The SequelI wanna get better. — Plenty has occurred since I last wrote about the anxiety that clutters my head. It took awhile, but eventually we brought it up to the nurse practitioner when I was in the doctors’ office for a sinus infection. First, she had me answer questions pertaining to depression instead of anxiety…Mental Health7 min readMental Health7 min read
Nov 14, 2016The Purity and Imperfection of “Parks and Recreation”I spent the summer between my sophomore and junior year of high school working at McAlister’s, helplessly devoted to tennis, and compulsively watching Parks and Rec. There were good and bad parts of that summer; obviously, scrubbing graffiti in the mens’ bathroom and pouring sweet tea on myself at McAlister’s…Parks And Recreation4 min readParks And Recreation4 min read
Nov 5, 2016s e v e n t e e nWhen I turned sixteen, I wrote about sixteen lessons I had learned through sixteen years. Another year has come and gone, so here are seventeen lessons learned through seventeen years. I have a hunch that reading my writing as I grow older will be thought-provoking at best and hysterically funny…Life Lessons6 min readLife Lessons6 min read
Feb 18, 2016ANXIETYAnxiety hit me pretty hard sophomore year. — *Note from Regular Grace: This piece was written during an episode, so some of it could be worded in a more clear manner. For that, I apologize, but I do not wish to go back and edit this one. I don’t want to risk messing up the message from Anxious…Anxiety4 min readAnxiety4 min read
