Personal Stories

You might wonder why swimming is my favorite sport. Well, I can answer that in one sentence:
It saved me from dying.

Now, when I say “dying,” I don’t mean suicide. I mean something deeper. I had been dead inside

Picture this: It’s day two of what was supposed to be my triumphant first solo backpacking adventure in the Cascade Mountains, and I’m sitting on a fallen log at 6,000 feet elevation, seriously considering calling

Growing up, I was devastated by the thought of death. I mean, who isn’t? Even that one guy with a swirled moustache, always carrying a gun and radiating ego, is probably afraid of dying.

The kind of dramatic cliff views that draw us in — and can put us at risk

It was supposed to be a perfect day. Golden hour light painting the Pacific coastline, my best

Plafon Usang

2024
Tak pernah kusangka bahwa tahun ini akan menjadi tahun terbaik dalam hidupku.
Selain bertemu dengan sang kekasih, 2024 menjadi tahun di mana aku membuat keputusan paling besar dalam hidupku.

Membunuh “dia”.

Dia, wanita pengecut, penakut, pecundang yang

Meet Sanjana,

She was in third grade when I first met her at Samakhyali Girls’ School, Kutch, in 2021.

A group of 6

It started with what seemed like a perfectly normal email.

From: auto-reply@usps.com
Subject: USPS® Expected Delivery on Thursday, July 24, 2025 arriving by 6:00pm

The email looked legitimate. Official USPS branding, proper formatting, even a tracking number. But there was

I sat in the library for 3 hours thinking while I didn’t go there for that, I was preparing for the exam I went to study for, and it turned into a moment of reflection.

Do you want to know

I was born in the last year of the Baby Boom into an essentially all-white, all-Mormon community in Southern Utah. Six decades later, I am no longer Mormon, no longer white, and finally ready to share my story.

The elemental

I didn’t tell you.

I should have. I wanted to.
But I didn’t. And now I keep wondering why I didn’t say something when I had the chance.
Maybe I was scared you’d laugh.
Or