Audacious Fool

Tyler and I slowly drifted and he set his sights on his next expedition. I was living in the middle of an incestuous adult summer camp....

He had a devilish grin that welcomed you in, but you also knew would get you into trouble. He was so full of life in a way that I needed.

The prospect of finding love after the one you love dies is unbearable. It was the absolute last thing on my mind. That was until....

My grief made me a time bomb just waiting to go off. I was consumed with sadness and anger; a dangerous and deadly combination that would...

Being in a relationship with someone with mental illness can be emotionally exhausting. It will be hard to know where you can help.

Losing someone through suicide feels preventable. It feels like, if only I could've managed to say and do the right thing, then maybe...

Loss isn't just about losing people. You can lose jobs, friends and apparently even normalcy as we once knew it, and it'll all feel the same

She will sit in the deafening silence and just hope her light can shine Daniel’s way back home.

Future Me would torture the mind of Past Self. She would inflict the venomous doubt that comes with the ‘What ifs.’

Daniel is the sword in my soul. The tattoo is placed on my core because he is at the center of everything that I do.

Bad Wolf is a tribute to the worst parts of me. The wolf is looking back because part of me will always be looking back on Daniel’s death in

I have been both the best and worst versions of myself. I have been both consumed with light and darkness. My grief has taught me

I'm sorry it had to be this way. You not needing me anymore means I have taught you everything that I needed to. I'll always carry you on me

She chose to listen to the demons inside me instead of the other half of her tattoo.

How can I move on? It was you. I can't. I'm sorry if you wanted more for me, but I wanted more for us.

Get this fucking picture out of your head that suicidal people sit in a corner crying all day.

I replayed all our memories in my head like a movie. I let myself stay in a constant painful loop of the past.

The second worst heartbreak of my life. I didn't call her my best friend. I called her my family. Until one day she wasn't anymore.

But what string of letters would capture the light in his eyes when he talked about something he was passionate about?

Allow me to introduce you to the characters of my life. Des is patient. Des is kind. Des will slowly ease my mind.