Over the course of my childhood, I’ve had 6 pets – a betta fish, 3 parakeets, an orange tabby cat, and a mini goldendoodle puppy. Each of them has been in my life for a variable amount of time, and I‘ve felt varying levels of attachment to each. Yet, all of them have taught me […]

College. Its right around the corner, but are any of us really prepared?   Personally, I wish I could say that I’ll be put together in college, that my dorm will be pristine and my mental health untouched during finals season. I’d like to be the girl with the perfectly organized notes, making 5AM study […]

I see their family’s car, flipped over on the side of the road, its parts strewn across the field. I see her mother’s face – marred with bruises, eyes swollen shut from the blunt force trauma to her head. I hear her father, insisting over their anguished cries that a hospital visit was unnecessary. I […]