I woke up this morning, stretched, and did what most of us do: I checked my phone. Among the deluge of emails and notifications, a little calendar alert popped up. It wasn’t my birthday, but it was the birthday of a friend I hadn’t seen since college. It made me wonder, as I sat there … Read more
I remember sitting at the kitchen table when I was about eight years old, staring at a massive wall calendar with a red marker in my hand. Every morning, before even pouring my cereal, I’d make a giant “X” over the previous date. The question on my mind was constant: how many days until my … Read more
I was sitting in a dimly lit office last Tuesday, staring at a stack of government forms that seemed to multiply every time I blinked. My brain was fried. I reached the section labeled “Personal Information,” and for three terrifying, silent seconds, my mind went completely blank. I looked at the “Date of Birth” box … Read more