Ariel Stiles

Ever feel like Cindy Lou Who? Not the cartoon one, but the Cindy Lou from the Jim Carrey version. Asking where are you Christmas? Or Why have you gone away? Every year it seems to get harder and harder to find any type of Christmas joy or Christmas magic. I don’t know if it is with the state that our world is in or just, I am getting older. Is it that just my world is changing or am I…

            I waited all day for Uncle Matt to come give that paper to dad. Well, I mean I had work. I couldn’t wait! The day though just seemed to drag on and on.             Have you ever been so excited for it that time just moved slowly? That is where I was at with work. Once I got home I texted dad to see if Uncle Matt dropped it off. Not even five minutes later I got a reply with it is on…

One thing I never understood is why people making a big deal out of being thankful on Thanksgiving. I mean come on. What is so important that on that day I must be thankful?             “Gina, time for supper,” I heard mom exclaim.             “Coming,” I replied as I closed my journal, putting my pen away and then hiding my journal.             My journal has become a safe place to write is…

So, with this blog I am not going to be as raw, real and deep this time. This is just a little update on were things stand with my novel and then my poetry. As y’all know I have been dreaming for years about being published and even last year started short stories for holidays until life hit again. I really enjoyed writing the one I started. It also seemed like a lot of y’all enjoyed them as…

While your girl has been absent trying to figure out how she has come to this crossroads and come up with ways to figure out who she is deep down a lot of things have been coming up to the surface. This has been on my mind since I posted Saturday. But it has also been brought up just in conversation with family. I never really sat down and thought about why I get attached to people so quick and…

I never realized until this year just how picky I can be with things that I drink. Well, I mean just two things that I drink right now. It might be weird to y’all, but for this girl it is a choice of if I will drink it or not. So, I will try to as I tell you what they are explain why I prefer them. It could be that I am just plain out weird. Since it is that time of year and it is out, I will…

Some of you are most likely going what do you mean you have lost your voice. Are you sick? To answer this question, I lost my voice on how to express what I have wanted to say and not care about what needs to change. I guess you can say it is a sign that I gave up on being myself. When did I notice I have gone silent? That is a very good question. Honestly, I can’t exactly tell you when. Though…

Last year wasn’t a good year for reading. It has nothing to do with the textbooks I had to read for college. Granted I did enjoy my Old Testament book. But I will let you all see what I have been reading lately. I will also add a little bit of the ones that are on my to be read list. I started last year out with reading “Twisted Love” by Ana Huang. I honestly enjoyed that book. My issue is that…