Ever since I was little, I was given the title of a “good girl.” This one label dictated how I talked, acted, dressed, and interacted with people up until about six months ago. I was always so concerned with maintaining my innocence, maintaining an image of purity, and maintaining a “good girl” image. Being a good girl was enforced in the way my mom used to yank my shirts up if they showed too much cleavage, or the grades I got, how modestly I dressed, how soft-spoken and gen

The heart. Some would argue it’s one of the most important organs in the human body. It pumps blood, it provides oxygen, it represents life. But what happens when the heart begins to stop functioning? When the oxygen no longer comes as easily, when the heart fails? You need a new one, a refreshed one, a healthy one. You need a heart transplant. And those are hard to come by. And just as the physical heart needs careful monitoring, the heart that we hear about in movies, love

****Disclaimer: This is an extremely vulnerable and honest piece. This piece is my heart cry. **** Last week, being the clumsy woman that I am, I accidentally knocked over a decorative pot. As I quickly reacted, trying to avoid the aftermath of an accident I caused, I moved my feet back to avoid the glass that would soon be shattered all over the ground. As I picked up the larger pieces, I somehow thought that sitting on the floor with an old hot glue gun would fix this pot t