happiness

  • ashes

    ashes

    Lately, Ashes by Celine Dion has been more than a song to me—it’s practically a lifeline. And as someone who loves to sing, I have to say: this one just hits. Every note, every chord, every aching question she belts out feels like it was written for this exact moment in my life. When I…

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  • Red Pill Blue Pill

    Red Pill Blue Pill

    I’ve spent a fair amount of my life feeling like I’ve made the worst decisions possible. I think in a lot of ways, a lot of people feel that way. I could write a dissertation and bore you to actual tears with all of them but I’ll skip that for the sake of time and…

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  • Perspective

    Perspective

    Perspective is only ever clear to one. Once handed out it tends to get smudged and sullied with every set of grimy hands it gets pushed through. Currently though, as we view everything though Canada’s smoke filled haze it all seems a little grimy, am I right? Tears drip silently down my face as I…

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  • Sixteen Candles

    Sixteen seems like such a magical number in a kids life. It’s almost like tasting freedom for the first time. Because you know…parents are super dumb and ruin lives and keep children, ESPECIALLY teenagers from enjoying anything in life. Funny how we go from the coolest people in the world to the worst. How we…

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  • Distractions

    Writing is therapy for me, it always has been. I don’t do well with traditional therapy, talking to a stranger about my problems just is not for me. Give me a computer and a quiet corner? Whamo! Problem solved. The whole world can know about my problems if they really want to. Anyways, I’m going…

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