When I was 11 years old, I managed to convince my impoverished foster parents that I absolutely needed a computer for school. They didn't have much money but my sweet parents managed to get me what I needed,

Photo by me. Taken in Santa Barbara. I wish I could say those were just clouds but it was all ashes. These raging fires are quite scary and have been displacing so many people. 

When my ex first kicked me out I wasn't prepared. Not that anyone ever is prepared for that. But I really wasn't anywhere close to being okay on my own. It was early November. Just 3 months prior to that

Today was really hard. Depression hit me full speed and I couldn't even manage to shower or do laundry. I'm sharing this picture of donuts with you because donuts make people happy. I hope you had a good

8-20-16 "Kindness Is The Reason I'm Still Here" When I think back on last November it doesn't even seem real. At the point where I'm at now, though not perfect and totally plagued with anxiety, it's difficult

A Price Tag On My Head... (the littlest Eve) As a newborn....I was SOLD. Yes. Sold. Let me explain... A little over a year ago, a relative on their deathbed told me that I needed to know the truth about

8-18-16 "In A Picture Perfect City I Feel Like An Abomination" Oh Thursday, My favorite day of they week....or not. Because I know what comes at the end of the day. Therapy! Woo! Don't get me wrong, I'm

I'm glad, despite all the odds being against me, that I made it to 29... Birthdays have never been a fun concept for me. Not necessarily because of the getting older part but because since I’ve moved to

8-13-2016 "I Hope I Have A Friend to Walk These With Someday." The Venice Canals were created by Abbot Kinney in 1905. They're modeled after THE Venice canals in Italy. I didn't even know they existed

I go jogging along this creek almost every single say. It has never really registered as a creek to me. I don't know what I thought it was....just some big, empty, concrete monster? But as I was looking

The view when you're 5'2"... Their stage set up was just as entertaining as the band. When I'd get squished behind people and I couldn't get a decent view the screens were playing enough interesting

8-12-2016 "A Life Without Filters" In my previous post I mentioned how much I loved taking pictures as a kid/teen. Those pictures, no matter how amateur really and truly captured a moment in time for me.

8-11-2016 "I Can Be Like A Palm Tree Too." I really love palm trees. I never cared for them at all until one of my friends visited me from England. He kept snapping pictures of palm trees and kept exclaiming