It was exactly 11:54 PM on a Tuesday. I was sitting on my sofa, the blue light of my phone screen making my eyes ache, staring at a blinking cursor. It was my best friend’s birthday in six minutes. I wanted to say something that mattered, something that wasn’t just another “HBD” lost in the … Read more
I remember waking up last Friday to the sound of my younger brother frantically searching for a gift bag. It was our mother’s birthday. We had the cake, we had the fancy dinner reservations, and we had a beautifully wrapped box sitting on the counter. But as I watched him struggle with the tissue paper, … 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