Marisa Donnelly
Marisa is a writer, poet, & editor. She is the author of Somewhere On A Highway, a poetry collection on self-discovery, growth, love, loss and the challenges of becoming.
This Is How You Embrace Change
You don’t, at first. You fight it because you’re human, because you’re used to the world and the way it is, because you’re terrified.
This Is The Naked Truth About Being A College Grad Today
Graduate college, they said, It’ll be fun, they said.
A Thank You From A Former Student Teacher To Her Cooperating Teacher
You believed in me. Me—in my brand new dress pants and pressed shirt and clean cardigan and matching flats, but a nervous hint in my steps—you trusted me.
6 Beautiful And Crucial Life Lessons You Gain From Taking Care Of Children That Are Not Your Own
You love these little guys. Not because they are your own and you have to, but because it comes naturally. You don’t have to love them, but you do.
I Am Not The Type Of Woman You Can Push Around
This is what you need to know about me: I’ll love the hell out of you. I’ll care for you. But I’ll be damned if you think I’m the woman that will sit silently next to you that will do everything for you, pick up after you, be your mother. That’s not me.
12 Incredible Things You Experience When You Go To Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC)
There is something about the music and the heat and the thousands of jumping, laughing, singing, dancing bodies all around you that are celebrating music, celebrating life.
This Is How You Talk To Your Little Sister About Her Body
You teach her that it is not her body that makes her who she is, but her mind, her soul, the way she carries herself, the way she laughs, the way she loves, the way she listens.
10 Tragic Stages Every Girl Goes Through After A Breakup
Stage #1: I’m a boss.
This Is How You Know You Are In A Verbally Abusive Relationship, And How You Save Yourself
You are not the words this person says. Remind yourself of that daily, until you believe it.
Read This If You Are Fiercely Independent But Also Ridiculously Emotional
You are continually looking for ways to be even more self-sufficient, to carve your own life path, to do what you want. But you also love. And love terribly, beautifully, fully.
These Are The 20 Things You Should Definitely Avoid On Your College Applications (From An Actual Admissions Office Employee)
Slang words, for example (but definitely not limited to): ‘cuz’, ‘chillin’, ‘hangout’, ‘legit’, and ‘aint.’
You May Feel Broken Right Now, But You Are Not Weak
But this is what you do when you are broken. You pick yourself up, piece by piece. You re-learn the strongest parts of yourself and fight until you break through.