millennial blog project

I won’t sit idly by and watch my life pass before my eyes

A millennial’s coming-of-age story

My name is Emily and I’m 30 years old. I’ve been writing on this blog in fits and spurts since I was 14, originally as “Blackbyrd” on blackbyrd.wordpress.com. I’ve long been enamored by the written word and have scribbled poems and sonnets in countless notebooks since I was 7.

Today I’m a classically trained journalist who has built a successful career in corporate marketing. On this blog I write about my musings while traveling all over the world and riding my bike.

Welcome to my never-ending coming-of-age story.

Thanks for visiting!

Emily’s best week ever

I’m having the best week a girl could ever ask for. Monday may or may not have been the greatest day of my life (so far). Sure, I have a gigantic bruise on my upper thigh, but you know what? It was completely worth it. He and I are back together, and it’s already better Read more

May 1, 2009
The only girl

NeXt Correspondent More Photos On Nov. 5, 1993, I joined my three older brothers in this world. It went from just Jordan, Trevor and Adam to Jordan, Trevor, Adam and Emily. Friends of my parents told them that I was the icing on the cake – the pink icing. The pros? Thanks to my brothers, Read more

April 30, 2009
…so I live to know…

He touched me, so I live to know That such a day, permitted so, I groped upon his breast. It was a boundless place to me, And silenced, as the awful sea 5 Puts minor streams to rest. And now, I ’m different from before, As if I breathed superior air, Or brushed a royal Read more

April 28, 2009
Dear Adam,

It’s April 25, 2009. Happy eighteenth birthday! I regret not being here at home to keep you company, but I had places to go and people to beat. I guess I’m writing this because we don’t really talk about “things” anymore…or maybe we never did. Oh well, I’m writing this for you now. You might Read more

April 25, 2009
Susan Boyle: an inspiration

My mother got on the computer, went straight to youtube, and pulled up a video from a show called Britain’s Got Talent. “This is their version of American Idol – and you just have to see this,” she told me. She clicked on the arrow to play the video, and it began. The first second Read more

April 23, 2009
Fall down the stairs with Tilly (NeXt article)

Those out there who are searching for something “different” to listen to should consider Tilly and the Wall. Maybe you recognize this name from Leo Lionni’s children’s book, “Tillie and the Wall,” but let me assure you, this Tilly is not the little mouse you may have read about. Though drums occasionally set the beat Read more

April 22, 2009