Co-written with my AI sidekick, Andrew (aka ChatGPT). Sometimes you are hit with flashbacks or have moments that hit you out of nowhere. It could be a memory, a laugh, a small detail – just the way certain people in your life once made you feel instantly understood, or how you both found the same…
Once upon a not-so-distant timeline, there lived a group of the Most Patriotic People™ you’d ever meet. They knew all the words to the national anthem, cried during flag commercials, and kept the Constitution in their glove boxes — right next to the laminated Chick-fil-A coupons. (I know, I know. I like Chick-fil-A too, cue in watery…
Lately, the political atmosphere has felt… heavy. I find a lot of my day is spent online, mostly to see what’s happened today, lol. I know I’m not the only one who’s been glued to the news with a weird pit in my stomach, wondering what’s next, feeling like everything’s kind of teetering. I’ve heard…
1. The Plane Tickets in Mexico When I was around five or six, my family took a trip to Mexico to visit relatives. It was my first time there, and while there were some good moments, parts of the trip felt heavy—especially watching my sister be treated unfairly by one of my dad’s relatives. There…