You’ve got the notification. It’s their birthday. You like them—maybe you even love them—but your brain has suddenly decided to become a complete vacuum. You want to send something better than a dry “HBD,” but you aren’t exactly feeling like Shakespeare today. We’ve all been there, sitting on the couch, staring at a blank WhatsApp … Read more
Last weekend, I found myself standing in the middle of a living room that looked like a blue glitter bomb had gone off. There was half-eaten vanilla cake on the carpet, a “Wild One” crown tilted sideways on a sleeping toddler, and my best friend sitting on the sofa with a look of pure, exhausted … Read more
It was exactly 11:58 PM. I remember sitting on the edge of the bed, the only light in the room coming from my phone screen, which was glaringly bright against the dark. My thumb was hovering over the “Send” button. I had written and deleted the same sentence about fourteen times. “Happy birthday!” felt too … Read more