• 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…

  • Strangers in Comforting Bodies: On the Desire to Be Known

    Strangers in Comforting Bodies: On the Desire to Be Known

    Last night I found myself somewhere I don’t belong- yet again. The laugh and smile were familiar, but the surroundings were not. Heck, he hardly was. I want to say that in those two hours we spent, we felt close and connected again, but I didn’t. I felt like I was talking to a friend…

  • 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…