Ella Ceron
Writer. Editor. Twitter-er. Instagrammer. Coffee drinker. (Okay, mostly that last one.)
I Miss You Most In Late December
I could hear a lone violinist playing Noel on a nearby street in the crisp night air, and I missed you the way most broken hearts miss their fractured pieces: most of all, at Christmas.
29 Rules For Your New Apartment
If you have roommates, don’t clutch the pearls when it’s their day of the week to dance around in their underwear. When you sign a lease with a person, there is an unwritten agreement that you will be okay with the sight of them without pants.
The 9 Most Common Questions People With Tattoos Get Asked
“Does that mean you only date other people with tattoos?”
The 31 Best Things About Going Home For The Holidays
If you go out to dinner, your parents will probably pay. (But if you’re doing alright financially, you should pay. It’ll feel really good to treat the people who changed your diapers and put up with that whole teenager phase.)
Last Minute Gift Ideas For Your 20-Something, A Handy Parental Guide
Now, here’s the thing—you can’t just outright give your scrappy 20-something a job with their dream employer. They will want to earn it (as well they should).
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Recovery
You will honestly have entire days in which you will forget that you are broken. There will, of course, be cracks, but everyone has cracks. Nobody is without their flaws. And holding yourself to some impossible standard without those flaws will get boring after a while.
40 J.D. Salinger Quotes That Prove He Was The Original Thought Catalog Contributor
Listen, if you’re not gonna be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.
Is Instagram Envy Really A Thing?
These photos don’t show the fights our friends have with their boyfriends and girlfriends, the hour-long wait they endured to even sit at the bar of that restaurant, or the credit card bill that came with those shoes.
A Gift Guide For All The Kids You Don’t Know How To Shop For
Offering to take them to to the zoo, the movies, or even out to lunch will A, make them feel like a mini-grown up; B, make them feel cool enough to hang with grown ups; C, give their parents a much-needed afternoon to themselves.
I Could Fall In Love With You
We couldn’t let everything fall to fate, and hope that infatuation alone would keep us afloat. I would have to learn how to be patient, and there would be things about me you’d find less than wonderful, too.
17 Reasons Why Food Is Not The Enemy
You want to know how you earn food? You breathe. You live. You deserve calories just by virtue of the fact that you exist. Not for any other reason.
23 Ways You Know Your New Friend Is A Friend For Life
You share cabs and don’t ask them to split the difference, but they make a point to pay you back anyway.
What Happens When One Of Your Parents Is An Immigrant
Two people’s citizenship holds little bearing on whether or not they are allowed to fall in love.
27 Signs You Will Always Love The Harry Potter Books
Any orange cat not named Crookshanks is missing out on a prime naming opportunity, in your opinion.
9 People Who Were Kanye Before Kanye Was Kanye
5. The Phantom of the Opera
37 Signs You Learned To Drive In Los Angeles
Josh: You want to practice parking?
Cher: What’s the point? Everywhere you go has valet.
You Should Run In The Winter
Run in the winter, in that calm and peaceful air that reminds you why you run. Because you couldn’t not run. Because not even weather could hold you back.
10 Heartfelt Gifts We Should Give Each Other
Pick a book that you loved, a book you hope the recipient will come to love, too, and fill it with Post-It notes or scraps of paper with your notes at your favorite parts.