Cristina Paynes

Yesterday we walked and decided to take the long route to the gym. On our walk we came across this piece of art and I took this picture. I like that even though the artist has a story for it, I can also create my own. At first glance the painting made me feel like…

Sometimes, you’re not paying enough attention to yourself and you need to. We are conditioned to not show emotion for fear of being called “emotional”. We hide our feelings for fear of being dismissed as just being emotional. The truth is, everyone has emotions. They are part of what makes your soul shine. Suppressing these…

We met at the end of the year back in 2009. When I had No interest whatsoever to meet a man to get romantically involved with. He didn’t seem to be the guy that was trying to date me, so I figured, we could be friends. At the beginning of the next year, in January…