I was five years old when our car crossed the Texas state line. “We made it, kids! We’re in Texas!” my Mom shouted from the passenger seat. After a silent moment, …
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It was the Spring of 2011 and I was sitting on one side of a long, glossy conference room table. I watched as beads of condensation built up on the …
Blink. Blink. Blink. The cursor won’t stop taunting me. Write something, loser. Shit just doesn’t magically appear, you know. I sit staring blankly—almost as blank as the empty page in Word that sits …
It’s taken me a long time to sit down and write this. Not only because things have been hard lately, but also because in the last few years it seems …
Falling in love has been a deeply transformative, beautiful and admittedly scary experience for me. I’m a naturally anxious person who has a tendency to question everything and get extremely …
When people ask me what I do for a living, it’s a hard question to answer. In reality I’m a waitress. I also do some work for my father’s IT …
Dear Austin, Wednesday night you lost two of your children, and for that, I weep with you. At a time when your shoes are shined, your hair is done and you have …
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How I Almost Lost Christmas
December 17, 2013
My friends still joke about the time I dated a Jehovah’s Witness. They kid that he was crazy, misguided, brainwashed and ask how I dealt with constantly being made to …
As a 22-year-old who could easily pass for 19 on most days, I am constantly asked, “So… are you in school?” For the first few years after high school, having …
The brain: by far the most complex and least understood organ in the human body. As far as we’ve come in technology, scientists and doctors are still baffled, inspired and …
