July 1, 2026

  How do you prepare someone who’s spent their entire life clawing at perfection to eventually face the fact that they’re inherently imperfect? To be honest, I couldn’t tell you–I’m still trying to figure it out for myself. 

May 27, 2026

My family are my best friends. They’re the people I laugh with the hardest, argue with the loudest, and turn to first whenever something exciting or heartbreaking happens. We’re weird in every sense of the word, but in my family, weirdness is almost a value system.

‍ ‍April 10, 2026

If I had a fever, you would tell me to stay home. If I had a broken bone, you would excuse my absence without question. But when my mind is the thing that isn’t working, you demand justification.

‍ ‍March 10, 2026

As I glanced in the mirror, I found that the person looking back at me had become a stranger. I had become an impression of borrowed smiles and rehearsed gestures, eager to please everyone but myself. I was swimming in a sea of sameness, and I could barely pull myself out. 

March 10, 2026

Admittedly, my birthday is my favorite holiday. As selfish as it sounds, the reasoning truly isn’t so.