You do not belong here. You are no longer permitted to take up residence in my life. Your crushing weight and sharpened claws no longer have a hold on my heart. I am whole I am loved I am fierce I am no longer in need of you In fact, I never was. -an open…
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I Didn’t Expect This
Expectations, life is filled with them. Sometimes we create them for ourselves, and sometimes society creates them for us. But either way, we always have the choice whether we want to conform to them or not. There are also times when we have expectations of those around us or for the circumstances that we’re entering…
Choose to be a Hero
Childhood heroes. They inspired us to be better people. They influenced the kind of person that we wanted to grow up to be. They played a key role in our Halloween costume choices, and they could be clearly seen on the walls of our childhood bedrooms. We wanted to dress like them, talk like them,…
Let’s be Real: Forgetting the Fear of Missing Out
I am a deeply relational person. This means that not only do I have a desire to create and foster meaningful relationships with the people around me, I also have the desire to see other’s relationships grow and flourish. This being said, public enemy number one to people like me (and for most people these…
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This New Years Eve…
New Years. It’s an exciting but also stressful time for most. You get to celebrate with your friends and family, there’s fireworks and champagne; but over all of that looms the ever constant pressure to not only make a New Years resolution, but to actually keep it this year. I’ve never been a big fan…
Christmas in Heidenheim
From my living room window as I write, I can look out across the broad front lawns of our farm like a lovely picture postcard of wintery New England. In my fireplace, the good cedar logs are burning and crackling. I just stopped to go into my gleaming kitchen to test the crumbly brown goodness…
From Friends to Family
I don’t believe that we're supposed to go through this life alone. We are given family and friends to come along side us and do life with us. They're there for you during every season of your life, and are some of the greatest blessings that we can receive. Now family is great, they’re with…
Simply Katherina 