Lauren Phillips-FreemanSo Much Smaller ThenI was so much smaller then, capable of slinking into dresses with numbers on the labels that made me glow with smug pride, the ones they’d…·1 min read·2 days ago----
Lauren Phillips-FreemanBreakfast in FloridaThe morning of the hot air balloons, already sweltering at 7am, eating breakfast with my feet in the pool: leftover pizza from the day…·1 min read·4 days ago----
Lauren Phillips-FreemanThe PeakNaturally, you’d heard of it, a piece of common knowledge bandied about with casual frequency, absorbed via cultural osmosis and then…·2 min read·Jun 17, 2024----
Lauren Phillips-FreemanThe Boy in the Red ShirtThrough lensless, sequin-bordered eyes he was the only thing I could see, a splash of vivid red shirt in a castle dining room, a beacon…·1 min read·Jun 8, 2024--1--1
Lauren Phillips-FreemanThe Deception of Knee-jerk EmotionsDo not let those knee-jerk reactions fool you, those reflex emotions, raw and unprocessed, the horrid swoops of news-triggered adrenaline…·1 min read·May 30, 2024----
Lauren Phillips-FreemanWhat Karate Meant To MeOnce upon a time, I was on the receiving end of some physical primary school bullying. The two boys in question were actually good friends…·7 min read·May 25, 2024----
Lauren Phillips-FreemanFirst RespondersThey are the ones who sit in stunned silence on the end of telephone lines, the ones who pad softly up the stairs to frigid attics rooms…·1 min read·May 23, 2024----
Lauren Phillips-FreemanThose Loud-In-The-Head DaysGo easy on yourself through those loud-in-the-head days, when your world is a barrage of other people’s happy news, revelations which…·1 min read·May 18, 2024--1--1
Lauren Phillips-FreemanLaps of the RedgraSometimes I still feel like that slow girl out on the redgra being made to run pointless laps, slogging away as best I could while all the…·2 min read·May 17, 2024----