Relationships

when I was in middle school, my friends called me “the one that’s on the floor” because at sleepovers, they shared the bed and made me sleep on the floor (go ahead, laugh).

I have created a playlist inspired by my many memories growing up in California with two crazy but caring sisters, my loving mom, and my silly, musical dad.

As the oldest of three kids, I was also my parents’ first child, making my origin story their origin as parents. 

Whether you are entering the warmth of cuffing season or bearing the cold of break up season, here are some songs to get you through the ebbs and flows of love.

The anticipation of anything terrifying, gross, or violent is enough to make you sick. You implore your friends to tell you when to look away. But their warning comes too late, and soon enough, you lock eyes with The Creature.

A house divided cannot stand; / I grew up in a house divided.

My cat died on Father’s Day, so I wasn’t able to get my dad a gift. To make up for it, I am writing this piece as a show of love – Happy late Father’s Day, Dad!

zillow.com…never mind…close tab. zillow.com…close tab. zillow.com 
search: [my childhood home]

Like many other pet owners who acquired a new pet too soon after losing one, I have had to grapple with the guilt of loving the new pet when mourning the old one, which was nowhere near finished.

My Opah is the old man from Up. From the thick rimmed glasses to the big round nose and bushy brows, he is the spitting image of the cantankerous old man I’ve seen on screen so many times before.