I have two crushes. I almost feel like a teenager again. I was a very boy-crazy teen. Well, and of course there has been my adoration of Alyssa Milano. And now, here I am, 48, with crushes on two men. Not one man I’m trying to determine whether I like. Not one potential relationship I’m… Continue reading I Have Two Crushes and I’m Not Choosing Yet
I’m sitting in this space of discomfort. Those early, early moments of dating when you’ve met someone who piques your interest and there is this moment where you think… This could be something. I have not sat in this space for a very long time. It’s been three years since I dated anyone seriously. While… Continue reading My Crush
Femininity is often mistaken for passivity. They're not the same thing. Passivity accepts whatever is placed in front of it. It tolerates poor treatment. It stays quiet to avoid conflict. It believes love is something to be earned through self-sacrifice. I've made this error in my own thinking and have given so much of myself… Continue reading Femininity isn’t Passive
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) 🎧 Listen while you read: “Real Love Body by Father John MitsyFor moments when love feels like home—not perfect, but present, steady, and quietly revolutionary. https://open.spotify.com/track/0Z57YWES04xGh3AImDz6Qr?si=5054478d4c284e3e Mira's Story: The Reckoning of UsWhat… Continue reading Chapter Thirty: The Reckoning of Us
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: The SpiralThe weekend was supposed to be a retreat. Instead, it turned into a reckoning. A small rental by the coast, nothing extravagant just a quiet, sun-drenched cabin… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Spiral
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: The Inner CircleA backyard fire, a borrowed story, and the moment she saw where she might fit Rowan didn’t make a big deal of it, he never did.… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Six: The Inner Circle
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: Between the BellsTwo worlds, one heartbeat Mira always said she had two lives. The one with her students, sharp-edged and humming, all bells and deadlines and the low thrum of… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Four: Between the Bells
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: Showing UpShowing up meanings showing up in all the ways, not only when it's soft, not only when it's pretty, not only when it feels good Mira didn’t have anywhere… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Two: Showing Up
Chapter This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) 🎧 Listen while you read: "Dopamine" by Frac MoodyFor the moment someone walks into your world and makes your whole nervous system sit up and say: Oh. It’s you. https://open.spotify.com/track/38MS1Ch2ckFL4O29UVg7Nh?si=83f880c14c1a4aba Mira's… Continue reading Chapter Twenty: The Friend Test
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: Known and NoticedWhere love invites you to stay with yourself Mira woke before her alarm, sunlight stretching long and low across her bedroom wall. She didn’t reach for her phone… Continue reading Chapter Sixteen: Known and Noticed
