{"id":125,"date":"2025-09-25T13:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2026-02-03T13:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:21:21","slug":"my-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?page_id=125","title":{"rendered":"My Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d89aad35 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Here&#8217;s where I share the messy, the meaningful, and all the moments in between. New stories land here as I write them. No filters, no frills, just real life in my own words.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7554.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7554.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7554-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"496\" data-id=\"33\" src=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2313.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33\" style=\"width:307px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2313.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2313-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7467.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7467.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7467-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-428 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-life-lately\">\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-contrast-3-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-contrast-3-background-color has-background alignwide is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33233fb6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:72%\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);line-height:1.1;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?p=428\" target=\"_self\" >It Didn&#8217;t Keep Me Safe Like They Said It Would<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dfe8e91f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-17T12:01:00-04:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?p=428\">Apr 17, 2026<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color\">\u2014<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size has-contrast-2-color has-text-color\">by<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?author=1\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">stillmeinhere<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"tag\">Life Lately<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-414 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-life-lately\">\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-contrast-3-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-contrast-3-background-color has-background alignwide is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33233fb6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:72%\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);line-height:1.1;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?p=414\" target=\"_self\" >The Permission He Never Made Me Ask For.<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dfe8e91f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-09T17:19:00-04:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?p=414\">Apr 9, 2026<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color\">\u2014<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size has-contrast-2-color has-text-color\">by<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?author=1\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">stillmeinhere<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"tag\">Life Lately<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-411 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-life-lately\">\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-contrast-3-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-contrast-3-background-color has-background alignwide is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33233fb6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:72%\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);line-height:1.1;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?p=411\" target=\"_self\" >Four Pounds Down, One Ticker I&#8217;m Not On, and UGGs I Did Not Buy Myself<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dfe8e91f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-03T12:01:00-04:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?p=411\">Apr 3, 2026<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color\">\u2014<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size has-contrast-2-color has-text-color\">by<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?author=1\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">stillmeinhere<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"tag\">Life Lately<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-404 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-life-lately\">\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-contrast-3-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-contrast-3-background-color has-background alignwide is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33233fb6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:72%\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);line-height:1.1;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?p=404\" target=\"_self\" >An Attempt Was Made (And Other Things That Happened This Week)<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dfe8e91f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-27T12:01:00-04:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?p=404\">Mar 27, 2026<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color\">\u2014<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size has-contrast-2-color has-text-color\">by<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?author=1\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">stillmeinhere<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"tag\">Life Lately<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-399 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-life-lately\">\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-contrast-3-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-contrast-3-background-color has-background alignwide is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33233fb6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:72%\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);line-height:1.1;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?p=399\" target=\"_self\" >Hormones, Humping, and Three Weeks to Chicago<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dfe8e91f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-20T12:01:00-04:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?p=399\">Mar 20, 2026<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color\">\u2014<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size has-contrast-2-color has-text-color\">by<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?author=1\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">stillmeinhere<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"tag\">Life Lately<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-394 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-life-lately\">\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-contrast-3-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-contrast-3-background-color has-background alignwide is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33233fb6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:72%\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);line-height:1.1;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillmeinhere.com\/?p=394\" target=\"_self\" >It&#8217;s Trash. I&#8217;m Trash. 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