the mcfreaking return

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6 Things to Be Happy About

Happy Sunday! I’m writing to you from the floor of an overcrowded airport in the western midwest (does that even make sense?), where my flight back home has been delayed three hours. Usually, I really am an airport lover. But right now, in this old fashioned, tiny airport full of suburban people and no empty […]

Learning to Stop Fighting Alone

I haven’t written in a long time. I keep starting and stopping posts, saving them in my drafts, rewriting them and doing it all over again. I’m having a lot of trouble finding words, or finding something to give to you all that actually means something and will stick with you. So, as I sit […]

High School Relationships– “In Love”

I’m not gonna lie, I’m a huge romantic. Ever since I was in the first grade, I’ve been developing crushes. I distinctly remember having a crush on my first grade best friend, and I pretty much worshipped him. I wrote about him every day in my little diary, and was absolutely heartbroken and devastated when […]

Getting a Little OCD

Okay, yet again, let me preface this post with a little back-story (you’re getting used to this now, aren’t you?)… All of my life, I have been one to keep things rather tidy in my bedroom. I’ve never cared about the rest of my house (which is always messy due to the dogs, my siblings, […]

Social Media Messes With Your Mind

When you read the title, I’m sure you can relate in one way or another. And as I do with almost every post I write, I’ll start with my own personal backstory before beginning… I remember the very first social media account I created was a Twitter when I was in fifth grade. It came […]

How to Know When a Friend is Real

Friends come and go. It’s a way of life. Someone can be your best friend one day, and then all of the sudden, everything has flipped upside down and you’ve both moved on. If you’re a longtime reader of my blog, you’ll know that I’ve had my fair share of friendship drama. For a teenager, […]

Failing to Fit In

I’ve never been one to immediately fit in with a group of people. Even in Kindergarten, when most kids would walk right up to a stranger and become best friends within minutes, I was always an extra wheel that was for a different car model. It’s a place where a lot of people have been; […]

Stress Without Reasoning

Pardon my useless posting within the next few weeks… The title of this post may seem confusing to you. I won’t lie, it’s confusing to me when I read it. But hopefully, with explanation, you’ll be able to understand and connect to what I’m saying. Stress is something everyone experiences many times throughout their lives. […]

There’s No Place Like a Mental Clinic For The Holidays

Let me preface this post by saying I had no intent on writing this seven minutes ago. Seven minutes ago, I had decided not to start Benjamin Button at 1:00 am and go to sleep for once instead of making it through until daylight. I had set my laptop under my bed to resist temptation, checked […]