Discover – dish

Pass it to me next, please. No, more over here. I asked for it first. Why can't I get it? COME ON YOU HAVE HAD ALL THE BEST PARTS ALREADY. GIVE SOMEONE ELSE A CHANCE. I can't take another second of this. Have you ever seen anything like it? WHAT is it? Is it good? …

Discover – dish

Pass it to me next, please. No, more over here. I asked for it first. Why can't I get it? COME ON YOU HAVE HAD ALL THE BEST PARTS ALREADY. GIVE SOMEONE ELSE A CHANCE. I can't take another second of this. Have you ever seen anything like it? WHAT is it? Is it good? …

The stages of whatever-this-is

This can’t be real. I check the time, look at the date again in my calendar, and re-read what the writing says. How can this be real? She is too young for this. My sister and I are too young for this loss. She has to be here to help us plan for the wedding. …

Why is it so scary to make changes?

Is it because we are afraid of the people who knew us before? Is it because we are not sure if we are ready to become that person yet? Is it because there are too many doubts clouding our memories already? When you set out on a new journey it is easy to remember the mishaps, disappointments, …

Just because you don’t know what to say…

Doesn't mean it's hard to tell I'm in a daily battle of pain. Doesn't mean your mind doesn't fill in the blanks with what your life would look like in the same scenario. Doesn't mean you can dismiss our words as invalid or inappropriate. Doesn't mean you should ask how I'm doing. Even if you …

It’s not easy to be sad…

Because sometimes, you have to explain something you never saw coming happened, and now you are living the worst possible nightmare every morning. Because your heart is so full to capacity that your brain can't seem to comprehend anything else. Because when you think ahead to big events, you want to freeze everything and rewind …

Women’s stories should not be considered “political”

This morning, while driving into work, I was brought to tears by a moving testimony by a senator, Jennifer Jordan, of Georgia. I urge you to stay with me. If you can, think about this apolitically. Her story evoked shudders and chills in me – and not just because of the subject matter – it …

Don’t let it be true.

Don't let it be true. Don't let it come to light. Don't let it tear into every moment of my day. Don't let it be what we fear. Don't let it be something that stops the world as we know it. Don't let it unfold. Don't let it be what happens to us now. Don't …

Dear 15-year old me

A challenge from Jubilee; Thanks for tagging me in this challenge! Your words truly inspired me and made me wish I had you in my fifteen year old self's ear as well. Dear fifteen-year old Tara, Here are a few things I wish I knew when I was your age. Instead of imagining you have nothing …

Ten daily outrages

Let me clear about this one: nobody asked for this one. They didn't ask for the circumstances that led me to write this piece, nobody has asked how our lives have changed, and no one has asked what makes this the hardest time of our lives. But I believe in putting it out there - so …