The Double Standard of Time
Now, thirteen years later, this small white line makes me smile. This is the beauty of aging—each mark...
EXPLORING
getting out of your head
The Gift of Growing Old
The moment I stopped complaining about turning forty was the moment I attended a funeral for someone who...
The Map of Living
Now, thirteen years later, this small white line makes me smile. This is the beauty of aging—each mark...
The Fortress of Self
With strangers, I’m patient and gentle. With family, I’m irritated by their slowness and frustrated by their forgetfulness....
The Ghost of Who I Was
I miss the version of myself who could write poetry without self-consciousness. The twenty-two-year-old who wrote fearless poetry...
The Kindness Gradient
With strangers, I’m patient and gentle. With family, I’m irritated by their slowness and frustrated by their forgetfulness....
The Circle Complete
Arash came to me crying about a nightmare, and I said what eleven-year-old me needed to hear. This...
The Economics of Escape
We pay premium prices to endure conditions we’d never tolerate at home—yet feel more alive doing it. The...
The Permission of Distance
Distance gives us permission to be different versions of ourselves. The openness that distance creates doesn’t have to...
The Mathematics of Impossible
The world is vast and I am small, and most of its beauty will unfold without me. Yet...