MY TURN

The mere thought of having to make these decisions sent a surge of even greater anxiety through me.

The problem with mommy wine culture is that it's perpetuated by us.

I wanted to choose my mental health over money. But after quitting, I still felt stuck.

I was standing in my parents' kitchen one morning and had an almost out-of-body experience.

It just blew me away. How could they think that casting was a good idea?

Had it just been suggested that, perhaps, I'd wasted 10 years of my life "not doing anything?"

My income to debt ratio is so high because of my student loans, it weighs my credit down.

I looked at the paramedic, and he was in shock.

I enlisted in the Army in 2017, shortly after the devastating Pulse nightclub shooting.

I would soon land in a new world, far from what's seen on Hollywood's big screen.

I was asked many times: "Why do you keep trying? Haven't you lost enough? Aren't you scared it will happen again?"

I saw Barbie as a symbol of my mother's world.