I once spent three hours scrolling through a friend’s old Instagram photos, squinting at the background of a blurry dinner party from 2019, just to see if there was a “Happy Birthday” banner with a date on it. It felt a bit like being a private investigator, but without the cool trench coat. We’ve all … Read more
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