diary of a 20 something

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  • the cabin

    Before I was born, my grandpa bought land with acres of green forest and hilly pastures for his horses (they are all in Georgia or horse heaven now). He had a cabin built on the… Read more

  • weeds

    My garden is overgrown A green chaos  Stealing nutrients from the plants I’m nurturing  Time to weed the weeds Shallow roots give way to my bare hands  Others have grown deep, prickle at my touch… Read more

  • why I stopped wearing my apple watch (sorry mom)

    Her mom gave her the watch for her birthday. She loved it. She just didn’t know how much it would matter. She’s pumping her first in the air, lapping the house, dancing, skipping, anything to… Read more

  • divorce hamsters

    Have you ever heard of a divorce hamster? Okay, maybe it’s not always a hamster. Could be a puppy. A cat. Maybe even a fish. The apology pet. My dad dropped them off around Valentine’s… Read more

  • on moving , moving on 

    A continuation of the big changes in my best friend’s life that affect me…  One month ago, Elli moved to Atlanta to join her now husband and one of my closest friends, Isaac, in their… Read more

  • my best friend’s wedding

    No, this is not a blog about the movie, My Best Friend’s Wedding with Julia Roberts. And no, it’s not about my attempt to break up the wedding (the plot of the movie). But my… Read more

  • silly little walks

    A silly little walk for my mental health. Headphones on, daylist playing “pining power ballad tuesday afternoon”. I step out onto the sidewalk, ready to distract myself from life for 20 minutes. I stop for… Read more

  • i’ve been avoiding something

    Well for a while I was keeping it a secret. But now that it’s out, I’ve just been avoiding it. My best friend (Elli) got engaged! And not only that, she will be married in… Read more

  • one piece of advice for a 20-something? well here’s 8.

    I have been behind on blogging lately. It’s funny because as soon as the weather got even a little nice, I was so preoccupied and have not been prioritizing it. And then it got cold… Read more

  • the perspective of possibility

    I just finished a book called The Midnight Library. I plucked it from the Sci-fi shelves of the downtown Columbus library on a rainy Saturday morning. Nora Seed, the main character, wants to die. She… Read more

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I’m Abigail, a twenty-something trying to unlock my creativity in my everyday life. This blog is for me, to keep finding my voice and for you, to hopefully relate to.

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