George Washington University
“I am not my inconvenience”
“When people ask me for favors or advice or a shoulder to cry on, I feel needed. I feel loved. There’s nothing more satisfying to me than watching someone’s frown turn to a smile because of something I said or did. Helping others sustains me. But it also breaks me. I’ve lived so long like … Read more
“I am not my solitude”
Don’t leave me alone with my thoughts. Don’t leave me in the dark closet I fought to get out of, the shaded woods where each and every little voice in my head shouts and yells about my flaws, insecurities. Anxiety and depression are nothing to encapsulate and package into nice, neat, and pretty boxes with … Read more
“I am not my significance”
When I was younger I was made to feel, that because I didn’t fit the mold, because I was different, I was less than. I was made to feel that, by being true to myself, I wasn’t important enough or significant enough. That person wasn’t wanted; something was wrong with her. I was pushed aside … Read more