Author: Tiffani Morgan
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You Get Out What You Put In
I often joke with my local friends that planes from my hometown don’t fly to Montana. Without knowing the exact location of either, you are completely aware that’s just not true. In all the efforts I have put into maintaining relationships and visit when I can, the number of people who have flown this way…
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The Age Of Social Media
I have such a love/hate relationship with all social media. While I can appreciate that it led my sister to find me and gave us the ability to form a strong friendship, or how the high school friends can so easily stay connected, and how the long-distance family can stay in touch a bit easier…
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The Path You Need To Be On
Image Source: Unsplash- Katie Drazdauskaite One of my favorite phrases to remind single people when navigating the dating scene is, “It’s only creepy if it isn’t mutual.” I will stand tall on this hill every single day for the rest of my life. I have yet to find evidence that states otherwise. It’s quite common…
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You’re Not Depressed; You Are Sad
Image Source: Pexels- Elizaveta Dushechkina We hear what we want to hear. I believe this is true in pretty much every dynamic we can imagine ourselves to be in. Six people who attend the same dinner party, sit at the same table, eat the same food, and enjoy the same conversation will still come up…
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Dueling Parts
Image Credit: Unsplash- Carmen Laezza Have you ever felt like you were two different people experiencing a situation from both perspectives that conflicted with one another? No matter how hard you tried, getting the different perspectives of yourself to agree and connect felt like an impossible goal. At the end of the day, you are…
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Death And Divorce
Image Credit: Pexels- Priscilla In a short ten-day span, my best friend of eleven years passed away, and then my divorce was final. I am only forty-four. I should not be burying friends, nor did I want the divorce. The days have been dark and gloomy with the two people I typically confide in just…
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Raising An Autistic Son As A Neurodivergent Parent
Image Credit: Unsplash- Peter Burdon I was diagnosed with ADHD at 42. Though I can look back and clearly see several of the symptoms were bright lights in my childhood such as, overly talkative, an over sharer, starting projects and not ending them, short attention span, no attention span for what I deemed boring, my…
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The Art Of Letting Go
Image Credit: Pexels- Andrea Piacquadio Forgiveness is often wrapped in a religious ideology, twisting the belief that to move forward in life, we must forgive those who hurt us. If we are unable to release and move past the trauma they caused, we are shamed into unworthiness of God’s love. For all my 44 years…
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The Power Of Your Inner Circle
Image Source: Unsplash- Melissa Askew As a survivor of childhood abuse, learning to keep the peace and smooth out other people’s discomfort created an adult who struggles to stand firm in what I believe in and know to be true. While I have many great examples of all the moments I did the right thing,…
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The Path That Is Right For You
Reinvention can happen at any age. Sometimes, we are forced into it however, there are many moments in life that force you to reevaluate to know you simply need a different direction to go. However, if the decision to change paths comes to you, the importance of knowing when to follow your gut and move…