My Sister's Keeper: All things Life & Photography

I’m rethinking my entire existence,
What was the rush of emotions,
The ones which flooded my mind,
The ones that weaved a web of lies,
And glazed my eyes,
Had my heart in a chokehold,
Only to shatter it to pieces
The flood of panic your felt
To literally run away from me,
The revulsion I bred in you,
That allowed you to love on so effortless...

Reading Start With Yourself by Emma Grede got me thinking about women, money, and power. I believe financial independence matters.
I also wonder if we’ve mistaken empowerment for productivity.
Women fought for a seat at the table. But too often, the message now is simply to work harder, earn more, and push through systems that were never designed with us in mind.
As ...

I was that girl,
Get back on her feet,
Plan, restructure and stand tall,
I was that girl,
Reimagine your life and build it as you wish,
I was that girl,
Get the career you want,
Excel, be acknowledged
I was that girl,
Parenting, juggling, building, volunteering,
Creating, unsure, but pushing through,
I was that girl,
Making it happen f...

Lately I’ve been wondering whether I’ve lost the ability to get excited about someone new, or whether my heart has simply become more selective with age and experience. Dating feels different now. The spark doesn’t arrive as easily, curiosity takes longer to build, and sometimes I question whether that part of me still exists at all. Maybe this isn’t about becoming cold. ...

I thought I would get to be that girl,
The one who gets the big wins,
The career, the house, the guy, the success,
I thought I would have lasting love,
The confidence and the stability,
Instead I got something so different,
Heartbreak, deceit, betrayal and single parenthood,
The roads I thought would lead me somewhere,
Lead me astray, to a differe...