eat, sleep, run, restrict, repeat

TW: involves eating disorders. this is the first part to a multi-part journal entry reflecting on my eating disorder at the end of the day, aren't we all delta (t)'s? changes over time? this year marks 10 years since my eating disorder-- and i'm proud to say i think i have finally overcome it. how …

I’m going back to China for the first time since my adoption!

Well, tomorrow is the day. I'm going back to see my birth country tomorrow.... and I haven't packed. I've been feeling a mixed medley of nervous, anxious and excited. Nervous, because I won't know what to expect, and excited because of the energy of being in a new place. My parents and I have been …

What’s in a coffee mug?

A short poem about the significance behind a coffee mug.

Seeing life through a glass: broken or whole

I can't help but spend time in nature when I need time to think. For some people, unwinding means taking to the gym to exercise and let some steam off, for others, it means opening a blank page in a notebook and writing continuously, as if tomorrow's edge kept sliding away. But today, I chose …

Life’s a bike ride: we fall and we continue to ride

  When I was 20 years old, I failed. I struggled, and I grew (though I'm still 5 or so feet tall). My major pushed me to my limits and challenged me more on a personal level than I ever thought. I faced resistance I didn't think I would be able to, and I faced …