Lauren Kirby
Bio
I am a lover of animals, music and writing, although when I write the most is whenever I am feeling strong emotions.
"I am a poet." -Emily Dickinson
Stories (15/0)
Hope
"There's someone else," the words bounce around in my brain, echoing off the walls of my psyche. "I cheated on you." The day started out good - great, even. We woke up together, she went off to work while I went out with a friend... She called me at work, something she had never done before, just to say hi and tell me that she loved me. I thought things were finally turning around for us.
By Lauren Kirby2 years ago in Humans
The Transition of Spike
This is the story about the time my cat, Spike, came to college with me. Spike is an eight-year-old ragamuffin who is one of the most laid-back cats you will ever meet, but with the fact that he had never been anywhere other than my house ever since I had adopted him, the adjustment was a little rough. He is also a registered Emotional Support Animal, which is why I was able to bring him with me in the first place.
By Lauren Kirby2 years ago in Petlife
Open Emotion
Showing my emotions has always been something that has been hard for me. It's not that I'm not an emotional person - quite the opposite, really - but there are very few people in this world who get to see me display them. There have been times when I have felt hopeless and still sent that "I'm fine" text, smiley face emoji and all; there have been times when tears have been streaming down my face and I told people I didn't want to be a bother and would rather deal with the pain on my own; there have been times when I would even lie to my therapist and say I was doing great when in reality I cried myself to sleep every night. I would classify myself as the "suffer-in-silence" type, because I would much rather feel the weight of the world on only my shoulders than burden someone else by putting some of it on theirs. But the thing is, the longer I spent living my life this way, the more I realized it was hurting me extra to keep it all in.
By Lauren Kirby3 years ago in Humans
"Introductory Self"
The term "introductory self" is one that is rather new to me; I had never heard it until a few months ago, and it is something that has been on my mind quite frequently ever since, especially when meeting new people. My significant other used it to describe the person they were when I first met them versus the person they were at the time ("introductory self" versus "real self"), and she is still the only person I have ever met to use that term. In short, the "introductory self" is the side of a person that others see upon the first meeting, or, the best version of themselves.
By Lauren Kirby3 years ago in Confessions