by Aubri Black | Jan 3, 2018 | Life
Do you ever feel the pressure to do more, achieve more, be more? More often than not I feel this pressure in my life. I feel the pressure to make new year’s resolution. I feel the pressure to constantly be getting better at things. Most nagging is the pressure to be...
by Aubri Black | Nov 21, 2017 | Life
I was in the line up at the grocery store. There was a middle-aged man at the register in front of me. He was buying four packages of ice cream sandwiches. The girl at the checkout rang them up. When she told him the total, he was upset. “Uh no. That it not how much...
by Aubri Black | Oct 24, 2017 | Abuse, Relationships
Jealousy can come across as something that’s desirable in a partner — especially how it is portrayed in certain movies and books. But is it really that romantic? In our culture jealousy is often seen as a normalized behaviour. It’s said that everyone gets jealous...
by Aubri Black | Oct 14, 2017 | Life, Writing
It is not that I have nothing to write. It is that I have too much to write. I start and go down one path then another then another. My head is swimming in thoughts and some connect, some don’t. Probably some on a subconscious level do and don’t connect,...
by Aubri Black | Oct 5, 2017 | Life
Unless you are bald, the hair on your head is with you everywhere. It is a defining feature. I have changed my hair many times. I’ve had orange, red, black, brown, blonde, platinum…to name a few. For the past maybe eight or so years, I’ve had short hair,...