I was standing in the card aisle of a local store last Tuesday, staring at a sea of glitter and aggressive cursive fonts. You know the feeling. You pick up a card, read a four-paragraph poem about “the winds of destiny,” and think, This sounds absolutely nothing like how I talk. Sometimes, we try so … Read more
I was sitting in my car the other morning, balancing a lukewarm latte in one hand and my phone in the other, when the notification popped up. It was a calendar alert for a college friend I hadn’t spoken to in nearly a year. You know that feeling, right? That sudden jolt of “Oh no, … 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