• Happiness is a Choice

    Happiness is a choice. I know that it’s not always a choice when it comes to mental health issues and can be a struggle. But that statement “Happiness is a choice” made significantly more sense to me recently. To me, people aren’t telling you that you just choose to be happy and boom, you’re happy. Read more

  • We Need More Tears of Joy

    What brings a tear of joy to your eye? When I think about the last time I cried tears of joy, in all honesty, I struggle to recall a time at all. I’ve felt moments of joy and excitement, but when was the last time that I was so joyful that I cried from my Read more

  • Moments of Beauty

    One of my favorite traditions that I ever started in my life is the one I had for my birthdays for many years. For a long time, our family beach vacation landed on the same week that my birthday occured. I think, though I could be wrong, that it used to bother me that our Read more

  • I have recently been struggling emotionally to stay, which is why I haven’t made any posts for a while. My motivation to write tends to decrease when I am depressed. Even though a lot of things have been going on lately, the event that pushed me the hardest was the passing of our dog, Gizmo. Read more

  • Help Harbor Hope in Hearts

    HopeHelpful handsHumans heardHumble happinessHarmonyHearths heating hospitable homesHallowed heroesHeads held highHealthy humor harnessed habituallyHelping heal hurt heartsHuge hypnotic horizons Highly harboring Hope I wrote this poem recently to focus on the hope that the world needs right now and show what it means to me. I wanted to challenge myself to write something using only the Read more

  • Hanging With My Friends

    I wrote this with my dad when I was younger. We made it into a song, but never did anything with it. But I wanted to write something that was more positive than what I was usually writing at the time. I like this one because it reminds me to look for the positives in Read more

  • Prove Them Wrong

    I once had a student that had a dream of being a professional NFL player. Others would constantly put him down for his dream and it was incredibly sad to see that people refused to believe in his dreams, regardless of the “chances” that he might achieve his dreams. He and I had long talks Read more

  • Welcome World!

    All too often these days, the world is overwhelming and constantly stressful. This is not only my creative outlet to reduce stress, but also my way of spreading positivity and hope to others. It will be a mix of poetry, short stories, articles and book recommendations to spread more positivity in the world. Enjoy! Read more