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The Miracle in the Diagnosis
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I had no idea how I was supposed to feel. I wasn’t scared—I had a team of experts in oncology from a...
Kayla Dalton
Mar 22, 20214 min read
On Faith and Cancer
The chance that any of us are even on the earth at all is so close to 0 that scientists would recognize it as an impossibility. And yet...
Kayla Dalton
Mar 2, 20212 min read
Beyond Rock Bottom
“I waited patiently for the Lord; And He reached down to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the...
Kayla Dalton
Feb 17, 20212 min read
How To Change The World
As people we hold a lot more power than we tend to believe. The prefix “just” is a commonality that we wrongfully share—just a teacher....
Kayla Dalton
Feb 7, 20212 min read
Art Matters.
We go through our lives as artists collecting, not dollars, but bits of the souls that we've touched.
Kayla Dalton
Feb 4, 20211 min read
The Beginning of Recovery
For the first time since I was 11, I don’t want to kill myself during the winter. It’s sad to look back and see all of the years I lost...
Kayla Dalton
Jan 28, 20212 min read
On Self-Worth
The thing about the way some of us navigate young adulthood, is that we tend to find our self-worth through the words and thoughts of others
Kayla Dalton
Jul 10, 20194 min read
Remember Me?
The only thing worse than being thought of negatively, is not being thought of at all.
Kayla Dalton
Jun 22, 20197 min read
Selfie Challenge: Make Selfies Healthy Again
In today’s social media frenzy, the anxiety surrounding the selfie can be really detrimental to the mental state of posters. The idea...
Kayla Dalton
Mar 9, 20192 min read
6 Simple Things to Improve Your Body Image
I’ve struggled with self-esteem issues my entire life. For the first 20 years I was always self conscious about being too skinny, to the...
Kayla Dalton
Mar 9, 20193 min read
Donald Trump: A Need for Government Transparency
The American political system is riddled with conspiracies that surround how the government itself operates. From Area 51 to faking the...
Kayla Dalton
Mar 8, 201912 min read
Wanderlust
(A “Tinturn Abbey” Spinoff) God, if You can hear me, make today A day I’ll not forget, a day with no regret. Make today another reminder...
Kayla Dalton
Mar 8, 20192 min read
Unfinished
I lay in silence Numb to the pain No energy for tears or sleep or food No happiness remains And in the moonlight I suffer By day I wear a...
Kayla Dalton
Mar 8, 20191 min read
Treatment
I’mnotcrazy I’mnotcrazy I’mnotcrazy am I crazy? I’mnotcrazy I’mnotcrazy I’mnotcrazy am I crazy? As I sit and reflect on time well-spent...
Kayla Dalton
Mar 8, 20191 min read
The Seventh Daughter
Upon this day a boy was born, Which some will celebrate and some will mourn, For he is believed to be the one The seventh son of a...
Kayla Dalton
Mar 8, 20192 min read
Civil War
An endless slumber lies in fantasy And though the sleepless nights that last an eternity Keep alive your sick, twisted dreams Even I am...
Kayla Dalton
Mar 8, 20191 min read
Shadowshaper
As an urban fantasy novel, Daniel José Older does a superb job of creating a very realistic world in New York City’s Brooklyn surrounding...
Kayla Dalton
Mar 8, 20193 min read
Cigarettes
But I stared blankly back because not even Nathan deserved the fake smile I would have plastered on my face. “What’s up homegirl? What...
Kayla Dalton
Aug 16, 20185 min read
Choices
The blood was everywhere. I watched it drip down my leg and swirl into the drain. I stared, mesmerized, at what was once my favorite...
Kayla Dalton
Aug 16, 20187 min read
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Everyone loves a good comedic tragedy, as long as it’s not their own. Junot Diaz makes certain to capture the readers hearts in this...
Kayla Dalton
Aug 16, 20181 min read
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