Losing your grandparents before you became a teen…
Between blood grandparents and step-grandparents, I had six people in the role of a grandparent. I was close to three of them. The other three I either never met or never saw. The three grandparents...
View ArticleSingle for five years. What have I learned?
I’ve officially been single for five years. As much as some people might gasp at that (large) amount of time, I’ve found that being single has been a great time of self-reflection and learning. I’ve...
View ArticleCatching up on the madness that six days held.
I always joke that when I’m actively paying attention to things, nothing happens. When I leave, all hell breaks loose. Last week was no exception. I made a promise to myself and my family that while we...
View ArticleA review of “Cruelty Cutter.”
*Not sponsored. The makers of the app do not know I am writing this. I just found this app and wanted to speak about it! All opinions are mine. No post of mine has ever been sponsored or will ever be!...
View ArticleA super quick thank you.
As I went to type a new blog post earlier this week, I realized that we have officially hit over 1,000 posts on this blog. Oh my goodness, a big milestone! While I’ve only been here since around post...
View ArticleThe crash and burn.
I need to go back to school. I need to go back to college. Even as a commuter student, it is times like this where I realize just how much school shapes my life. I always write about this on breaks,...
View ArticleWobbly knees and large buildings.
I’m a short person, 5′ to be exact. I’m the shortest person in any group that I am in, and I spend most of my days looking up in varying degrees. You’d think I’d be accustomed to looking up by now....
View ArticleThe biggest overreach of power? These dumb laws.
I was browsing the internet one day when I came across an IJR article talking about America’s craziest laws (that are still technically on the books). I have a hard time with some of the more legit...
View ArticleFinding my feet as an editor.
I was recently promoted to one of three Contributing Editor spots in my Odyssey community. This means that I now get to oversee a team of writers as well as write my own pieces. I have more say in team...
View ArticleTo my mom as I begin the end of my college journey.
Mom, I know you’re worried about me. You’ve told me this a lot since we’ve reached this time period, once we realized that my time at UAlbany is really coming to an end and change is coming quicker...
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