Hi everyone, birthday princess reporting and the breaking news?! I’m officially 25; like is this real life? Am I old? Do I need more night serums? How much does botox cost? Is that a gray hair? IS THIS MY LIFE NOW? I’m 25 and there are so many crazy wonderful things about that, like I…
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Magic
I remember being a teenager, eating dinner with my family, and dancing in the kitchen afterwards. My Dad would wash the dishes, my Mom and I would dry them, we’d turn up the radio, she’d be giggling after her evening glass of wine, and we’d dance. Jim would scoop ice cream out of the container…
Neon Lights
I’ve never thought of myself as strong, maybe because no one else ever has, but I also never thought I’d be sitting in a dimly lit grocery store parking lot three weeks before Christmas with my Dad who was just diagnosed with ALS talking about our very short future. We sit, waiting for my Mom…
Mauvais Rêve
Today was not a good day. Sometimes when he leaves early and I get home late I forget the fact that he’s a piece of what he once was, but then I see him. I hear him ask me to help him tie his shoes and see his grey face and his frail body and…
In Honor of November 10th
In honor of November 10th (a national holiday for Swifties worldwide) I’ve decided to compose a list of my top 10 Taylor Swift songs and what they’ve taught me about life and love. Mean – Speak Now I think I was in elementary school, when my group of friends, decided to all tell me that…
The Worst Day
I answered my phone apologetically, telling my co-workers my mom never calls while I’m at work, and joking that it must be an emergency, like the wi-fi wouldn’t connect. Worse. My dad was in the emergency room. There are these moments in life where it’s like you’re watching a TV show, where you feel like…
5 Things I Know to be True, at Almost 25
Call your Mom, like right now, stop everything and call her, you are all she thinks about, and someday she won’t be a phone call away, and you should laugh with, and love your parents as much as possible. Hold your Dad’s hand in public, I don’t care how old you are, the universe [unfairly]…
My Quarter Life Crisis
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an almost 25-year-old woman, with no fortune, who still lives with her parents, must be in want of a new life – or is it?! Here’s the thing, I’m going to be 25 and I live at home, and I have a bachelor’s degree, and I work a…
Hudson Valley Dog Mom 