MeideInChina

For a long time, I've always pictured myself falling in love. Being filled with that over powering, heart bursting, love for someone else; and throughout my love life, there have been times where my heart was full with emotion but when it came to the love I held for myself, that feeling was no where to be found. ဖ As of recent, I've been thinking extensively about different aspects of my life - the friends and family I have, the quality of those relationships, what stage of life I'm in, whether I'm happy, etc. And eventually this train of thought brought me to the most important topic/question yet: Self Love. I want to clarify, before delving into this subject, that I have never hated myself and realize I'm very lucky for that because there are many people who live everyday like that BUT I can say that I am not 100% comfortable/accepting/in love with myself. I truly believe that loving yourself is often times a very lengthy, intensive, process that takes a lot o...

Wow. October has been absolutely monumental. Each month, I make a list of events and experiences to cover and October's list blew me away. From birthdays to fairs to Halloween festivities, this month has been filled with new adventures with the best of people. It didn't help that at the beginning of the month I found a Fall Bucket List & spent the entirety of October jam packed. ဖ Go to a Festival - Luckily for me, Richmond held a bunch of festivals during October. With a spontaneous hair color change, I started off the month at Virginia's Folk Festival and mid way through the month went to the Scott's Addition Pumpkin Festival. ဖ Pumpkin Patch/ Carving Pumpkins - God bless the friends who watched me tear through the acres of pumpkins. After a thorough search and plenty of tripping, falling, sprint, romping through the patch, I found my perfect pumpkin. Being artistically challenged and easily confused, I almost carved out a giant hole in my pumpkin where the...