There is postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression, and then there is just postpartum - the time after birth. And there seems to be this idea that without anxiety or depression, postpartum is smooth-sailing.

So many girls I knew had this innate knack for handling little ones, while I'd be keeping my distance, waiting for a clear look of approval from the tiny human before attempting to approach. I felt misplaced around children.

I was thirty before I finally caved into the online dating scene.

At some point, you almost feel like you don’t have the right to be whimsical or optimistic in love. You give up being a hopeful romantic, let alone a hopeless one.

Close friendships are supposed to be your saving grace, particularly when you’re single. But female friendships are complex, as are most of us females.

Christian culture’s standards of dating can be so restricting, so formulated, so prescribed, so serious, that it can feel downright crippling at times. And, sure it is serious. You’re looking for the one.

Why would anyone quit their job during a pandemic?

The vague message of sex in the church became so idolized and glorified that many of us raised with them were left with a ton of confusion, frustrations, and misconceptions.

This era of natural beauty we live in is not so simple as they all like to paint it: Accept it, embrace it, and love it. For some, maybe it really is that simple. But, for me, it’s not always been.