Marisa Donnelly

Marisa is a writer, poet, & editor. She is the author of Somewhere On A Highway, a poetry collection on self-discovery, growth, love, loss and the challenges of becoming.

When It’s Time To Leave The Place You’ve Called Home

As I watched the lights, I couldn’t help but cry. Cry for the sounds and the absence of them. Cry for the places I’d been and called home. Cry for the hands I’d held, the hearts I’d broken, and the people I would one day leave behind.

10 Things You Need To Hear If Your Significant Other And Your Family Don’t Get Along

Despite the odds, love conquers all.

You Are My Home

You are my security, my savior. You are what I’ve always had, always cared for. Yet despite that, I still wish for you, day after day.

17 Signs You’re Going Through A Major Quarter-Life Crisis

You have suddenly started to question everything. From your college major to your friend group to where you should live post-graduation and even as far as whether or not you’ve recently picked up a gluten allergy??!? Could that be a thing??

This Is What You Need To Remember If You’re Trying To Make A Difference With Your Passions

Even if it seems like the entire world is against you, even if some days you feel purposeless, even if sometimes you stare at the clock on the wall and wonder what it all means. What you are doing matters.

This Is How A Man Gets A Woman (According To Women)

“Treat me like a human being rather than a romantic conquest.”

14 Reasons Why A Woman Who Is Close With Her Father Will Make The Best Type Of Wife

She understands the complexities of the male mind.

25 Things You Can Relate To If You’re The Type Of Person Who (Stupidly) Cares What Others Think Of You

If someone starts a nasty rumor about you, you get suuuuuper anxious because WTF THAT’S NOT TRUE AND I CAN’T LET THE WORLD THINK THAT ABOUT ME!!!!!!