Ashley Lima
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I think about writing more than I write, but call myself a writer as opposed to a thinker.
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Unplanned
I thought you were supposed to feel elation. The deepest form of love in the human experience. Beauty and magic. A biological miracle. But I didn’t feel any of those emotions. I felt fear. From the moment I watched Star Wars, and Padme died in childbirth, I quaked at the thought of ever falling pregnant. The thought of pushing an eight-pound baby out of my body made me sick to my stomach. I felt embarrassed. Growing up in a conservative Catholic household, pregnancy was supposed to happen strictly between husband and wife. If you weren’t bound by the sanctity of marriage, it was an abomination. Even my entirely pro-life father suggested abortion. Like he wanted me to get one. I didn’t. I felt alone. Though half of the world has the opportunity to go through this experience, I had no one to talk to about it. Between my parent’s disappointment and the fact that I was twenty-one and unmarried, no one understood why I would want to “give up my youth”. I didn’t seem like the type to ever have children. And I wasn’t. And I didn’t want to. I needed to.
By Ashley LimaExclusive • 5 years ago
The Bee's Knees
I bought my first camera at 16 - I still use it to this day. It took me 3 months to save up at my first minimum wage job. My parents discouraged me from getting it, saying it would be a waste of money. That it was too expensive and I should save for my future. I stand by the fact that spending that money paved the way for my future. I have never stopped taking pictures.
By Ashley LimaExclusive • 5 years ago
Climate Change and Who to Blame?
We do need to make effort to be as green as possible. We should recycle our cardboard, plastic, and aluminum. We should use paper and reusable bags instead of plastic. We should limit our use of straws or trade them out for paper ones. We should avoid mass consumption of unnecessary items. However, at the end of the day, this crisis is not our fault. Why does it seem as though all of the pressure is put on little people to make a change? Sometimes we have no choice in the matter. We use what is available to us because they're the only options we have.
By Ashley LimaExclusive • 5 years ago
