Happy New Year!

January 1, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions. I don’t think there’s a wrong time to set a goal for self-improvement.

Bowling and Blue Hair

December 31, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

My hands are blue. So is my hair. My parents are going to be thrilled. Luckily for them, the dye will come out in one wash.

Katherine’s Guide for Holding onto Your Fraying Sanity

December 20, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Sometimes, I feel like I’m walking a knife’s edge, constantly on the verge of falling back into psychosis. Last night when my magical amulet/lightbulb broke, I was hysterical. For about five minutes. As soon as the shock wore off, I realized I was fine. Why is it so hard to stay grounded in reality? I have no idea.

Monsters, Men, and Modern-Day Magic

December 20, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

I was never sure if the lightbulb was a magical amulet or just something I needed to take to Lowe’s so I could find a match for the burnt-out fixture in my bedroom. Once I put it in my purse, I felt very sure that it must never leave my possession.

Came to Believe

December 17, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Why did God abandon me? Where is God? I thought as I cried during church yesterday morning.

A Safe Haven

December 15, 2018.Reading time 17 minutes.

I joined Alcoholics Anonymous when I was nineteen or twenty. I was, as the Big Book puts it, “Hardly more than a potential alcoholic,” but I felt I needed help.

The Love We Think We Deserve: An Open Letter to Survivors of Sexual Violence

December 14, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

Books like The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Looking for Alaska shaped my adolescence. Filled with pithy quotes that appeal to angst-ridden teens like I was, they provided an escape from the depression I felt in high school.