What are you made of?

Boys are made of Snakes and snails And puppy dogs' tails.  Girls are made of Sugar and spice And everything nice.  And Tessa is made of Doubt and confusion And existential exhaustion.  #angst

Peace Corps No More?

Yeah, you read that right. I am two months out from leaving for the Peace Corps, and I'm plugging along through all the medical exams and such, and ...what if I don't go? My head is spinning even thinking those words. I have wanted this for so long and pursued it so hard and done so…

Oh Baby!?

You see these posts these days about how all your friends are married or having babies and you're just sitting there like 'pass the vodka' or whatnot, but when it really gets crazy is when it's your little sister. She got married three months ago, and we've known for about a month that she's pregnant,…

An Open Letter

To - I'd like to say that I haven't always been this way, but that probably wouldn't be the truth. I don't know what the truth is; I don't know how I used to be. Maybe I just didn't think about it, maybe I hadn't reached a sense of self awareness yet, and maybe I…