lessons and love 💌

identity as a collage

on how life, literature, music, heartbreak, and friendships stitch together who you are

Nov 20 • 

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the memories i inherited but never lived

on generational trauma, family stories, and how past lives shape our present selves

Nov 16 • 

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words from books that made me want to live differently

underlined pages that changed my life

Nov 14 • 

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sentences strangers said when they didn’t know i was listening

i think the universe uses ordinary mouths to deliver extraordinary truths.

Nov 11 • 

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the psychology of wanting to be witnessed

do we exist more fully when someone sees us

Nov 10 • 

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the things love taught me the hard way

how heartbreak became my most honest teacher

Nov 8 • 

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sentences that altered the way i exist

how a couple of words can feel like earthquakes inside the mind

Nov 8 • 

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October 2025

to the past lives i can’t remember

sometimes i feel like i’m carrying someone else’s sadness.

Oct 23 • 

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soft girl apocalypse

when softness feels like both rebellion and survival.

Oct 14 • 

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September 2025

when memory feels heavier than the moment

on living inside echoes, the pull of hindsight, and learning to choose presence anyway

Sep 20 • 

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the loneliness of being the observer

on noticing everything, and how it doesn’t always feel like a gift

Sep 8 • 

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August 2025

learning to belong in a place that doesn’t know my name

a personal essay on moving to France, the quiet loneliness, and the unexpected beauty of starting over.

Aug 20 • 

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