books – Golden Aged Girl

The Good Great Stories

It’s been two years since I started this blog, and time has managed to fly and stand completely still, in the way that only time can. As I sat on a woven mat covered in dirt in the middle of the desert, shivering in the cold, I wondered why I was there at all. I mean, I knew why I was there - it was my friend’s 21st birthday celebration and we were at the RiSE festival - but as the speaker called to the audience to write what they felt on paper lanterns, my head froze. So many thoughts reel[...]

Just Believe Me

My ex-boyfriend and I had been dating a year when his parents decided to come down to California to spend a week on the beach. I spent a lot of time at their beach house, getting to know the family I would soon be a part of (sooner than I knew at the time - at least, that was the plan anyway - obviously it worked out well). Anyway, after work every day I would go down to visit. I played games on the beach with his brothers and dad, shopped with his mom, and ate delicious food that they all cook[...]

The Hiatus: Celebrating My Youth

Well, that was quite a hiatus, wasn’t it? Did you miss me? I missed writing. Really missed it. I suppose I should start this off with a bit of an explanation of my absence. It’s pretty simple, really: I’ve been busy living. I decided now’s as good a time as any to take a look at my youth-celebration list from It's Miserable and Magical and check some things off. I even threw in some pictures from my instagram for visual aids! Yay visual aids! 1) Travel: Often, with friends, alone, and t[...]

The Glittering Effervescence: Choosing Happiness

The last few weeks have had me spinning. I feel like a falling star, flying through space and crashing into the Earth’s atmosphere, burning and reeling. The friction sets me on fire, but I feel so alive. There’s so much beauty in the star that falls. It’s glittering and effervescent and looks like magic to everyone who sees. And that’s how I feel. Even despite the friction and the fire, there’s still magic in everything. It’s confusing, flying through space and time like that. I’m[...]