An ode to discomfort

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this is a story about being simultaneously thankful and uncomfortable. I’m thankful with every atom of my being to have had the opportunity to spend a mind blowing two years deeply immersed in what I experienced to be a vibrant,...

Seeing the light

When I was in Australia, I stayed in some really magical places. I also stayed in some really awful places. I even managed two nights in a hostel, which for someone who used to be scared of traveling at all is a pretty big deal! One rainy night in Palm Cove, I...

What’s your “type”?

I haven’t been asked this question in quite some time, but it was posed to me today. If you’d asked me three years or more ago my answer would have been completely different. With my mindset now, honestly, I’m embarrassed by what my criteria used to be,...