https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Single-girl-this-is-your-year.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “This is your year.”   That phrase is one of the most reassuring things someone can say to me. To hear that THIS year, THIS YEAR is going to be MY year, and that they believe it to be so. They […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Why-Singleness-Is-Not-A-Season-Of-Waiting.m4a   Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   I recently (ok, recently as in 2 months ago, I’m a bit late with this post), put up a Valentine’s Day post on my Instagram.   Did you see it? It gives some context for this blog, so I’ll give […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Single-Longer-Than-Expected.m4a Click the link above to hear this post straight from me!   Hey girl, Have you been single longer than expected? Me too. I think about that sweet little naive 20 year old girl who thought she’d be married by 22. Were you one of those too? Precious, isn’t it? Sometimes I think, “If […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-Worst-Happened_-I-Turned-30-And-Was-Still-Single-1.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “Mom, if I turn thirty and am still single, can we try on wedding dresses for my birthday, because clearly I’m never going to get to otherwise?”   I distinctly remember saying that to my mom in my early twenties. It […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Why-We-Should-Be-Fighting-For-Most-Improved-1.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “And the most-improved award goes to…” It’s fifth grade and we are sitting at the general assembly watching the year-end awards be handed out. The teacher arrives at the “most-improved” award, and everyone holds their breath, hoping that it isn’t them. […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/When-There-Seems-To-Be-No-Reason-For-This-Never-Ending-Season.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “I can’t. I just can’t anymore. This just won’t end. My life is emptying out, with nothing to fill it up again. I’m going to be old. And alone. With no friends. And nowhere to go on Friday night for the […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/You-Dont-Need-To-Feel-Brave-To-Do-Brave-Things.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “You’re so brave!”   I’ve heard this time and time again over the last several years as I’ve pushed to explore the world beyond my comfort zone. I spent a large part of my twenties making a list of a few […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Why-I-Refuse-To-Be-Anything-But-Happy-About-Turning-30.m4a   Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   Well, here we are folks.   The eve of my 30th birthday. The day that seemed so far off for so long. The age that kids say is “old” when you ask them. And the year that everyone makes sure […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Three-Things-To-Remember-When-Youre-Feeling-Behind-In-Life.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   I was hanging out with some friends recently, eating pizza on the floor (you know, the usual), and commiserating over the ways that our lives haven’t turned out as planned. To give you a picture of what I mean, in this […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/When-Your-Friends-Arent-Available.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   I’ve historically been the type who would rather miss out on something altogether than show up by myself.   Anyone out there feel me? I always felt I needed someone there to depend on, to have the experience with, and I […]