Author Archives: Maria Dorothy Veronica

“don’t write that, they don’t care.” “What could you have to offer to the world that hasn’t already been offered?” “What could you say that hasn’t already been said?” “There are so many writers and books and artists, and designers, and thinkers out there that have already done this thing. Nothing you do is original.Continue reading “ADHD and Self Confidence”

Love openly. love honestly, and appreciate the journey. See all the trials and tribulations for what they are; growing pains that help navigate two people into a better understanding relationship. Take all the criticisms and bickering and opposing thoughts and see your people for how they truly are without all the curated lenses we haveContinue reading “A Letter to Myself, I Thought Was Important for You to Read”

Lift, screen, stare, Stare, screen, stare, screen, stare, twitch, fidget, distract. Blink, stare, drool, sweat, type. Confuse, stress, overthink, spiral. Pivot, smaller screen, quiet typing, more starring. Tired, hungry, walk, snack, hunch, smaller screen again, more sweating. Snap back, no more hunch, deep breathe, stare, Bigger screen, louder typing, more sweating. Overthink, anxiety, depress, spiral,Continue reading “ADHD & the Monkey”

To every guy I’ve ever been with, to every guy I’ve ever loved, to every guy I’ve ever experienced – I left a piece of myself with you along the way. I left pieces of myself I thought I didn’t need, pieces I thought I could live without. After each encounter, each relationship, I didn’tContinue reading “Regrow”

“She’s a special one, you never let her go” No let her go or else she will erupt in ways unimaginable, like a wildfire through a dry forest. What makes her so special is her desire for life and yearning for adventure. That is also what makes her so unattainable. It’s a lonely world beingContinue reading “Wildfire”

If I’m being honest, I have no idea what I’m doing. I won’t act like I do. I am simply going to write and you, my dear reader, are going to read. If I’m being honest, all I want is to get to know you. In what capacity, I’m not sure, but I know IContinue reading “If I’m Being Honest”

We spend our nights with our eyes squinched and our views’ blurred, with drinks in our hands and bodies crashing into us. But let me ask you….did you have a good time? Did you put yourself around the people who’d enhance your energy? Was your soul provided for in the purest ways? Were you truthfully andContinue reading “Should’s and Stuff”

Hey there! I hope you have been finding the passages from this blog interesting and intuitive. I hope they’ve been inspiring new thoughts in your mind so that you can think about the world from a different perspective. I realize I haven’t posted much since January. In fact, I haven’t posted anything at all! AndContinue reading “Shifting Gears”

I want to be the girl you can’t stop thinking about. The first person you think of in the morning and last person you think about before you drift off into your dreams, where you’ll meet me for a rendezvous in some far off place your mind has conjured up, with the utmost concealment, yetContinue reading “That Girl”

The night was dark and my body was chilled by the abrasive wind that flew through the air. I stepped through the door threshold, into the house. Surrounding me was warm, gold lighting as my nose was met with the scent of holly and pine mixed with the delicious food that was being prepared inContinue reading “Nonna”