• The Warm Embrace of Uncertainty: On Growing Up and Letting Go

    The Warm Embrace of Uncertainty: On Growing Up and Letting Go

    Dear diary, I am slowly learning how to embrace the future. When I was 13, I’d walk around and tell anybody that would listen, “I’m going to die by the time I’m 40.” I’m not entirely sure why 40 specifically. Maybe it was the perfect sweet spot in my head — not too old, and…

  • Musings of a Lost Child and Unguided Adult: Diary of Growth and Longing

    Musings of a Lost Child and Unguided Adult: Diary of Growth and Longing

    Hi blog. I’m typing this on an iPad I once relied on, but as of tonight, it’s got liquid staining all over. I went out with a few friends tonight. I had a good time, of course, but now we’re walking home and I’m thinking. There’s a boy I met a few months ago. He…