What’s Holding Me Back? I was thumbing through old notebooks the other day and came upon one from 2016. Curious about what was sloshing around in my brain back then, I opened it. The first page was folded in half and said “EVICTION NOTICE!!!” Just like that, with multiple exclamation points, plus a few lines […]
Going on a Bear Hunt Do you remember the childhood story about going on a bear hunt? Its song’s familiar refrain goes, “We’re going on a bear hunt, we’re going on a bear hunt. We’re going to catch a big one, we’re going to catch a big one. I’m not scared, I’m not scared. What […]
“Show the world the impossible is possible.” Coming down from the high of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which dominated my psyche over the past month, I have thought a lot about what it means to be great; not just better than others but the best you can be at something. As I […]
The Depths of Vulnerability I lost my mom on January 25th, 2024. It was the day my heart shattered into thousands of tiny pieces. Witnessing the irregular, jagged process of dying helped me understand and appreciate my inner strength, but when the final breath came, I felt like every ounce of strength I had stored […]