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What Am I Passionate About? One of my quiet superpowers is that I don’t subscribe to the idea that passion has to be a singular thing. And I definitely don’t believe it needs to become your job. In fact, turning
Popcorn burns, gang diplomacy, and the sacred chaos of parenting I’ve had a lot of jobs. Like… a lot of jobs. Retail alone? Twenty-seven years. (That’s longer than most of my friendships, if we’re being honest.) I’ve done just about
Do I remember life before the internet? Yeah.I remember when people didn’t pretend to be friends through pixels and emojis—they actually showed up. They called. They knocked on doors. They remembered birthdays without algorithms. Connection took effort. And somehow… it
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Today, I found myself reflecting deeply on everything that’s happened since my divorce… on my ex, on the kids, on the home I lost, and the self I found. It’s strange, in a painful, poetic kind of way. I didn’t
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Yes, I vote in elections. But not like a team sport. I don’t vote party lines, and I don’t confuse emotion with evidence. I vote for what’s rooted. I vote for what’s possible. But truth is, the ballot box isn’t
I am working on the About us page for something and this is what came to me. While the page isn’t finished, I had to share it. “Hey, I know you were probably expecting to come here and find the
Today is April 1st. April Fool’s Day. The day of pretending, of costumes and clever lies. Of masks we wear for fun, or for safety. The day we laugh at what isn’t real. The day we grant ourselves permission to
Our “flaws”, our insecurities, our contradictions, our limiting beliefs. It’s these “negative” traits that make us so unique. I know what you’re thinking, “What an odd thing to believe.” But hear me out. These are the things we don’t share
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From my earliest memories, I’ve felt different. Not in the typical “everyone feels like an outsider” way, but in a fundamental sense of experiencing the world differently than those around me. I had a gift for adaptation—I could blend into
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