People are really interesting. The complexities of a human being — why we think the way we do, behave how we behave, and make the choices we make — are endlessly fascinating. What’s even more striking is how deeply interconnected we all are. Whether we realize it or not, every interaction affects us: strangers you… Continue reading The People Closest to Us
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Life Is About the Journey
Life is about the jourrrneeeyyyyyyy. Things can happen so fast that, in the moment, we forget to enjoy them — to be thankful, present, and excited about all that is unfolding. We become so fixed on the outcome that we don’t realize how much is happening right now to build the future we dream of.… Continue reading Life Is About the Journey
If Your Lies Were True
To the one this may reach — May something in these words find you. Not just to shake you, but to stir you — A truth, a mirror, a whisper of clarity. May it meet you somewhere between defense and awakening. And in some way, shape, or form… leave something with you. The lies you… Continue reading If Your Lies Were True
A Run-On Kind of Life
There are days I feel like I’m living one long, breathless sentence— No pause, no period, no clean line between one role and the next. A mother. A student. A believer. A provider. A soul just trying to stay soft in a world that demands hardness. People ask how I do it all. I don’t.… Continue reading A Run-On Kind of Life
I Am Alina: Living in Unpunctuated Grace 