Let’s normalize skipping the traditional college experience. Did you just clutch your pearls? Hear me out. At sixteen years old, my daughter is at that stage where adults seem to ask her only a single question. Where are you planning to go to college? I get it. She’s a junior in high school, extremely intelligent, […]
“Nothing is stronger than a small hope that doesn’t give up.” ~Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive We have two choices right now: numbness or hope. Between the worrisome state of the world and carrying the weight of my own personal trauma, I’m pretty tired. Soul tired. Existentially tired. It’s a lot to process […]
I stared into the distance until my eyes watered from the glare on the water, until the tops of my feet burned under the scorching sun. It was impossible that I was here, a miracle to be talking to the ocean again. It almost feels frivolous to enjoy myself these days. To be honest, […]
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” ~Terry Pratchett I tried to pretend I didn’t hear the pitiful meows coming from the drainpipe under the front porch. I didn’t have the time, money, or patience to care for one more thing. I was doing well most days to […]
When I was in middle school, I took a class called Appalachian Appreciation one summer at the University of Kentucky. On the first day, the instructor arranged us in a circle and handed one child a large ball of rainbow-colored yarn. She explained that the earliest German, Scottish, and Irish immigrants moved southward into the […]
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. ~literally every Influencer on social media You know what I mean. This rah-rah phrase is often accompanied by a picture of a circle with the term comfort zone written inside it. Outside the circle is text decrying the magic or growth zone or where […]
