Caitlin Jill Anders

There many words and phrases to describe how we feel about someone’s appearance. A person can be cute, pretty, adorable, sexy, hot, stunning, f*ckable, bangable, a cutie with a booty, a hottie with a body, an ace with a face, etc. All of these are de…

There are days when I am so anxious, I feel like I cannot breathe. The anxiety forms a hard knot in my chest, reminding me with each breath, there is something inside of me telling me, "I can’t do this." There are days when I am sad, and I can’t real…

There are days when we all feel a little crazy. There’s no way around it. We’re running here and there, making decisions and losing our minds. We wonder if everyone else is as weird and frazzled as we are. Most days, it seems like probably not. The o…

After a weekend spent with a significant other, friend with benefits, friend with newly discovered benefits, entirely brand new friend, caught off guard celebrity, stranger posing as a celebrity, standard stranger or any kind of human in general, our…

I started Googling quotes on bravery recently, and I came up with not very much at all. It was all just a lot of important people reminding us to have courage; everything will be okay if we just take a deep breath and go. We all know this. I know thi…

The older I get, the more I struggle with the idea of home. As young adults, we move from home to college to traveling to everywhere else; we never seem to be solidly in one place. Even when we are, our emotions certainly aren’t, and our idea of wher…

Just because you’re not in a relationship doesn’t mean you’re not having sex, contrary to what our parents might like to believe.   As long as you’re being safe and it’s your choice, sex can be a pretty fabulous thing — a thing even the single crowd …

You arrive at a restaurant where you’re supposed to be meeting your friend, and he texts you to ask if you can actually save five seats, all on your own. He’s bringing extra people, and everyone will be a little bit late. You can feel the anxiety set…

There’s more than one way to do things. If a road is blocked, you take a different one. If a store is out of a flavor of ice cream, you pick another one. If you can’t do something one way, you do it another. It seems like this would be one of the sim…

Sex is such a diverse thing; there’s no right way to have it and no one way that everyone is doing it. It’s different every time you partake, and I think that’s what’s so wonderful about it. Even when you’re in a relationship, the sex is not the same…

Happy Celiac Awareness Month! In case you’re in the dark, celiac disease is a condition where individuals affected can’t eat gluten. Gluten is the overarching term for wheat, rye and barley, so any products using these ingredients are out for people …

When we were little, we devoured stories. It didn't matter who you where where you came from. As a wee little one, you loved to imagine. You might not remember — that’s what happens when we get older. Sometimes, we forget about our imaginations. Some…

I’m the oldest of four kids, and my youngest brother has autism. He can’t talk, and he requires a lot of help with even the simplest things. He’s a blessing, and I love him with everything I have. Growing up, my other siblings and I had to learn how …

It's not easy to love yourself. You’d think it would be, but it’s not. We struggle with self-love constantly. Honestly, it’s understandable. We spend all day with ourselves. We're with ourselves every waking minute, even the minutes in dreamland. We'…

Each parent in a family takes on different roles. It’s not always the same in every family, but it always seems each parent has his or her own role in dealing with their kids. And, to all the single parents who take on both roles, I commend you. Ther…

Today, so many of you will see posts about Autism Awareness Day: how you should wear blue, how one in 68 children are affected with autism, etc. Everyone nods their heads and grabs a blue t-shirt. "I support it," everyone says, and then the day and m…

When I was in fifth grade, my friends stopped talking to me. I still don't really know why. One girl decided she didn't like me, and the rest was history, I guess. That seems to be how it happens; bullying is pretty senseless. I went from having a gr…

We’ve all felt it: the feeling of desperately wanting to say something out loud but knowing you shouldn’t. We’re all guilty of having thoughts that directly contradict what we vocalize. We’re only human. We all have thoughts and opinions we figure we…

He finishes his cigarette and kisses you. You are so pretty, he says. He’s very attractive, and you thought so even before the whiskey started talking to you, so you know it’s real. Before the two of you came outside, you sat at the bar amidst friend…

How long is it supposed to take before you’re over someone? After you've spent so much time learning to love someone and you lose him, there’s no time frame you can put on that healing process. People will try to tell you there is, though. Friends wi…