upbringing
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Let Down
I feel like I have officially reached ‘let down’ status. My life is a literal mess. I am a literal mess. I went from being on my knees, begging to be normal, to going out and living life while also experiencing the worst parts of it. Years of begging to be free and happy have Continue reading
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Forever December
December is that time of month in a young girls life where she gets a year closer to not being young anymore. It’s me. I’m the young girl. December is my birth month and the older I get, the more I love that my birthday is during the most beautiful month of the year. I Continue reading
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New Romantics
My sophomore year of high school, my heart was ransacked, my mind was twisted, my soul was diminished. It was all I ever wrote about. It was the only thing I knew for certain as a 15-year-old girl. My life has been saved by many people, myself included. I have many people to thank for Continue reading
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I Could Be a Good Mother
I feel like it’s inevitable for a young girl to dream of a life with her own family. Dressing her daughter in Strawberry Shortcake overalls, braiding her daughter’s hair, bouncing on the trampoline with her beloveds. I used to be one of those girls. Sometimes. I stopped wanting children when my eldest sister had my Continue reading
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Little Ladybug
When I was growing up, I always took it into mind that I actually enjoyed my childhood. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean I didn’t hate it temporarily at some point. Recently, I’ve been looking back at the loss of my childhood and innocence. Not only have I been replaying these memories in my head, but so Continue reading
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Your Best American Girl
The first ever story I published on a website was titled ‘Your Best American Girl.’ Though it was published on my school’s website and it was a feature story about other hispanics growing up in America, I figured it was only right to name my first blog post the same thing. This time, I found Continue reading
Midnight Reflections 