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With any crush growing up, my mom would always say the same thing. She would have me picture a burning piece of paper and what would happen to said paper if I were to hold onto it too tightly. The tighter my grip, the faster it disintegrates. Before long, it’s gone. As the metaphor goes on, I shouldn’t hold things too tightly. If things are meant to be, it would be effortless. But I think that’s always been my greatest strength and my greatest weakness, stemming from years of

I felt all eyes on me as I walked gingerly down the aisle. I quickly slid into a pew, anxious to have Mass done and over with. Usually I prided myself on looking somewhat decent when I went to mass. But here I was on vacation. I had no proper mass clothing in my luggage, and what I was left with was a pair of very casual shorts and a green sweatshirt. This must be what models feel like when they’re walking the runway, I thought to myself. But that really wasn’t the attention