

The Complicated Aftermath of Speaking Up
It’s been more than a year and a half since I came forward about what happened to me. What happened to me. What happened to me? It feels odd to say that, because what happened to me was actually happening for close to three years. I thought that talking about it for the first time was going to be the hardest part about surviving an abusive relationship. And yeah, talking about it for the first time was really scary. I sent my parents an email as I departed the country for


Room To Grow: The Goldfish Theory
Have you ever heard about goldfish, and how they can only grow as large as the bowl they’re stuck in? So, if you’ve got a goldfish in a cute, little bowl, it’s going to stay cute and little. If you put the goldfish in a bigger bowl, it will grow to fit the bigger bowl. If you put it in a tank, it will grow to fit the tank. By this logic, I can only imagine if you put a goldfish in a pond, it will keep growing to fit the pond. Maybe that’s a stretch, but it’s good to imagin