life

  • The End of an Era

    Today was the end of an era. It was the end of a book that was written for nineteen years. This book was my childhood and it involved a church that has officially been closed. This church was my home, for better or worse. It was the place that I thought would exist long after

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  • A Ton of Bricks

    I began to clean my room yesterday and that meant finally going through all the papers that I threw on the floor. I made my Summer to-do list and set out on completing everything on the list. Today I felt better despite my room looking a complete mess. I felt lighter and ready to sort

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  • Wanderlust

    Travelling has been in my blood since I was born. I like to think that I was born in the travel agency where my mother worked instead a hospital. I knew how to spell Morocco before most children knew how to tie their shoes. Growing up there explains why I am in bliss whenever I

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  • Dealing with Change

    Dealing with change is the most difficult thing for me. I always fall back on the familiar. Old habits really do die hard. My entire academic career should have prepared me for this moment. Yet, I have never felt more unprepared or scared in my life. I was always ready for graduation. I looked forward to never

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  • 5/12/15

    There’s a madness in you that matches the madness in me. It took too long to see; It took to long for us to be. Patience was never my virtue. Love was never my strength. Sadness and loneliness bombarded my soul. To the point where I had nowhere to go. Where do you go when the world

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  • untitled

    Running on the wind to the sunrise To forget how the moonlight shines in your eyes Waiting for those feelings to subside So it no longer feels like death inside my soul My breath gets caught on every word My heart gets caught with every beat I still feel you inside of me It still

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