on my mind – like black butterflies

So Anxious.

By: like black butterflies February 23, 2020June 28, 2022

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Several times a week I find myself sitting down to work on the things I decided were my priorities for the day and all of a sudden unable to sit still. I start seeing something that needs to be washed or organized or another project idea that comes up that I should tackle. It’s a…

Disengaged but Reconnecting

By: like black butterflies September 12, 2014February 26, 2020

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I got an email today from Tumblr saying Happy 5th Birthday. It’s been five years since I started that blog–since I started blogging period. Which means it’s also been five years since I began a very transformative study abroad experience in Brazil, which was the very reason I began blogging so as to keep my family in touch with what…

Round 2: Inauguration 2013

By: like black butterflies January 21, 2013February 26, 2020

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Last inauguration around this time I was truly having an adventure in the freezing weather of DC with three of my girlfriends from undergrad. After President Obama won the first time we were all adamant about going to the inauguration but we didn’t know the process of requesting tickets from your congressperson until late in…

Another Historical Night & Four More Years

By: like black butterflies November 8, 2012February 26, 2020

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So I know this is probably a late post, but better late than never: It’s really a privilege for me to know that for both presidential elections that I’ve been able to vote in, I’ve been able to put my vote towards making history. My very first time eligible to vote in a presidential election,…