Tag: writing

• 32 things about my 31st year

  just a few years ago I was actually losing my marbles about turning 30. I even got a stamp tattoo with my handwriting of “29” in it to commemorate the feelings, my last year in my 20’s and the unknown of what 30 meant for me. I am no stranger to putting emphasis on things.…

  Mel

  July 21, 2026

  life, love, & seeking understanding

  birthday, blog, growth, life, love, mental-health, millennial, writing

• *exhale*

  if there was every a time to give my body the credit it deserves, it would be now at 31, almost 32 years old. I’ve never had an appreciation for it the way I do right now – coming out of a 7 year stretch of avoiding dairy like the plague, I am free of…

  Mel

  May 12, 2026

  life, love, & seeking understanding

  grief, life, love, mental-health, mindfulness, self aware, short poems, therapy, writing

• Protected: The cost of healing.

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  Mel

  life, love, & seeking understanding

  blacksheep, childhood, family, generationalcycle, life, love, mom, outcast, therapy, writing

• stories of Starbucks, 1

  I am a self proclaimed Starbucks dweller, and if you ask anyone who knows me, they’ll confirm. I see and hear a lot of things the few hours I’m there – sometimes on purpose, mostly on accident. Though I’ve been an expert eavesdropper most of my life, I tend to just pick up on conversations…

  Mel

  April 2, 2026

  stories at Starbucks

  coffee shops, fiction, first date vibes, life, observation, short stories, short-story, starbucks, writing

• immeasurable desire

  suddenly, yet not so, I’m back to 2013 where all I did was long for your existence. I knew how good life would be with you, I quite literally knew it was meant for me. though this time, in 2025, I’m left with the ache of knowing just how exquisite my life would become, because…

  Mel

  August 13, 2025

  life, love, & seeking understanding

  desire, grief, life, loss, love, mental-health, writing