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How I Was Lured By A Child Predator Part One: "All I Wanted Was Love"

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...

A sky full of ash in California

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...

Stories of Hope: Hemingway's Lost Suitcase "How Losing Everything Can Actually Be Good."

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 ...

Donut Porn: Geek Edition "A good ending to a bad day"

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 donu...

My Day in Pictures (8-20-16) "Los Angeles herself speaks to me."

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 ...

How I was Sold and Eventually Found My Forever Home...

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 tol...

My Life In Pictures (8-18-16) "Overcoming Anxiety Feels Like Climbing Up A Steep Mudslide"

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 ...

My birthday at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter "I'm glad I'm still here."

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 ...

My Day In Pictures (8-13-2016) "The Perfect Life From the Outside Looking In..." + Dragons!

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 i...

The Grim State of the Drought in California

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...

Some of my Favorite Shots from Radiohead's show in Los Angeles (8-8-16)

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 s...

My Day In PIctures (8-12-2016) "A Life Without Filters"

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 ...

My Day In Pictures (8-11-2016) "My Therapist's Waiting Room Feels Like The Desert"

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 snap...