My Voice: How Cooking Helped Rebuild My Self-Esteem
For a year of my life, I was unable to write. I could still put pen to paper and churn out a few paragraphs or an essay if it was required, but nothing I wrote…
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My Voice: How Dungeons and Dragons Saved My Quarantine
I write fiction in my spare time and have consistently for nearly eight years now. When I was very little, I used to tell my stories verbally to my friends. The theatrics of live storytelling…
On Death and Dying: What It’s Like to Live With A Heart Condition During a Pandemic
When explaining my illness and how it makes me feel, especially in regards to other people, I often use what I like to call the “My Car is a Piece of Crap” metaphor. What I…
The Memorial Day Tornadoes, One Year Later
On the night of May 27 2019, I was sitting on the couch after a long Memorial Day when I could start hearing the storms come in. They had just ravaged through the Dayton area…
Why Should We Exercise?
Imagine: It’s 3 pm, you come home from school so tired that you just want to lay on the couch and sleep because of all the stress of school, we all have those days. But…
Does ‘Selfie Culture’ Hurt Us Societally?
We’ve all done it – you’re at dinner and suddenly you’re thinking ‘wow, I better take a picture for social media of my food!’ or ‘This place would make a great photo for social media…