Category: JENNA’S JOURNALS

Days of Birth

Jenna June 8, 2021 No Comments

Birthdays are something that I am starting to not understand. They are weird. We celebrate the day that we are born with fun times with friends and family, gifts of

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A Fluidity of Identity

Jenna June 1, 2021 No Comments

As women we tend to have a myriad of titles bestowed upon us, some wanted and some that feel more like a sentencing. We are expected to be so much,

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Emotional Garbage Can

Jenna May 24, 2021 No Comments

Do you ever wonder about why Oscar the Grouch is so gosh darn grouchy? It’s like he spews anger and hate no matter what is happening around him. That’s what

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Mayday May Day

Jenna May 19, 2021 No Comments

Holding the tips of frayed ribbons We dance around the maypole, Celebrating yet another spring, Another rebirth Another beginning Another renewal. May was named after the Roman goddess Maia. Maia

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Me & My White Privilege

Jenna May 8, 2021 1 Comment

My white privilege was showing, like a slip peeking out from under my skirt.

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I Was the Sheriff of Nottingham

Jenna May 5, 2021 No Comments

I'm not a complete idiot. I get it now. Yeah, it took a while. I’ve learned that about myself. It takes me a while to fully grasp things sometimes. I

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A Birthday & 2 Funerals

Jenna May 4, 2021 No Comments

Reminds me of that movie, Two Weddings and a Funeral. I never actually saw that movie, but I guess the sentiment remains. How do you celebrate someone’s birthday, while on

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Longing to Love

Jenna April 29, 2021 No Comments

I’ve been loving the wrong way. I try to love others the way I need to be loved. I got it backwards. Each person has their own language in regards

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Turtle Shell

Jenna April 28, 2021 No Comments

There is this scene in the movie Brick (one of my all time favorite movies, by the way) where Brendan walks into the room and Laura is reciting poetry while

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Good Grief

Jenna April 21, 2021 No Comments

I remember the day I found out so vividly, except I felt so numb at the same time.

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