What do you have holding you back?

Currently, I am sitting in Chicago O’Hare Airport eating the same meal that I shared with Kevin almost three years ago.  Sam Adams and buffalo wings because I am a classy lady with excellent taste. We were eating this delicious meal of carbs and alcohol because I had just received a promotion that would move…

Melissa Worrier Weinberger.

Anyone that knows me will tell you that I am the most chill and laid back person. …No, sorry that was Kevin. I am the complete opposite. Nicole may be my middle name, but it might as well be Worrier. I am not really sure where it started, but ever since I can remember worrying…

Courage & Love.

It’s been a while since I have posted, but I only like to write when the emotions are bursting out of me. Also, there’s the fact that I came down with a brutal stomach bug. Awful. It reminded me of how being ill can make you feel helpless. Especially when you are rendered motionless by…

Miss Independent

I can remember being young and my cousin telling me, “Missy, you’re so mean to boys.” “…And?” was my response. It’s not so much that I hated guys, I just enjoyed being independent and had a take no shit attitude. I remember Kevin finding this out. It didn’t take him long. In fact, I remember…

To The Beat Of My Heart.

I always hated sad music. When Kevin would play the soundtrack of Les Miserable I wanted to run. I use to get so mad at him. I’d rather play some Motown or cheesy pop music. He, being the man of my dreams, enjoyed his fair share of boy bands so we worked out fine. But…

Naked Souls.

Hardships bring out the truest form of a person. I don’t think this is anything new. One would imagine a life changing event would shake a person. It’s not just the person directly affected by the event that shakes their shell either. Those closets around them are forced to do the same. When something this…