I am living out my dream of teaching first grade in Guatemala City! I am beginning my second year living here and I am amazed at how quickly time is passing. I am loving every minute of living here and doing my job! I never dreamed of having a job where I
+ more bio informationFreedom, independence, self-exploration...this is just the beginning of the list of reasons as to why I am single. I have been in a relationship from the time that I was twelve. Ever since my early teens, I have always found myself in a relationship...part of a couple...dependent on another. As soon as one relationship would... More..
All living things are destined to die at some point. Case in point, it is in each of our fates to eventually die. The cycle of life shows us that something is conceived, then born, then it grows and matures and changes, and then it dies, starting the cycle of life all over again. There is no one powerful enough to change tha... More..
Time is a relevance, To each their own. Waiting time passes slowly, Taunting us with each tick of the clock. Dreaded time passes quickly, Playing with our sense of reality. Yet isn't time the same wherever we look? Doesn't each week have 7 days, each day has 24 hours, each hour has 60 minutes, each minute has 60 seconds? The... More..
Days of you have gone away, like the button that used to be your eye. Furtive secrets, in lips sewn shut. Best friends, we never fought. Imagination was ours, with the world our limit. But now childhood gone, innocence lost. Perched on a shelf, collecting dust. Or perhaps in a box, sealed off from our youth. Sitting, waiting... More..
Rewind five years ago and ask me if I believed in living together before marriage and I would have blatantly told you no. Being raised in a traditional household with strong moral values, I had never imagined myself "living in sin". I had thought that I would always follow the traditional path and wait until I had said my ma... More..
"First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage." This is a song that school girls used to chant on the playground to each other when I was growing up. We all know it, we've all heard it, and children still continue to sing it today. This is the first problem in our society, girls are raised to bel... More..
The youngest of three, not an easy place to be, but here I sit in these shoes. The youngest of three, was the honor bestowed to me, a hard crown to wear at times. The youngest of three, always compared to she, often a tough act to follow. The youngest of three, fight often did we, but love was the reigning emotion. The young... More..
Katie Arden
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