Listen to the Audio Version Instead: Before I start this piece, I want to take a moment to recognize the loss of Kobe Bryant. Sometimes you don’t realize the impact someone has on your life until they’re gone. It goes…
My name is Leah and will be turning 30 two days after this comes out. I was born in Florida and moved to Prescott, AZ when I was 4, which is where I remained until I finished high school. My…
Listen to the Audio Version Instead: From a young age, maybe seven years old, I realized how quickly I wanted to grow up. But not grow up to get married and have children… I just wanted to be in my…
My name is Mikyla Harter, I’m 25 years old and I grew up in Tucson, AZ. My immediate family, which consisted of me, my mom, my dad, and my three older sisters, were always tight knit. In addition to spending…
Listen to the Audio Version Instead: The cold air pierced the skin on my face as I reached up to close the small contraption. I zipped my gray thrifted sweatshirt and crossed my hands into my armpits, quickly uncrossing as…
This began as a story about who I am, but as I continued to write it, it turned into a story of who I’ve become, and how I got here. It may be a little surprising, it’s certainly a little…
Listen to the Audio Version Instead: Okay… I tend to overthink my first line – especially with a topic like this – something I’m so drawn to with every fiber that makes me a human being. Okay, maybe not every…
Listen to the Audio Version Instead: You know when you repeat a word so many times it starts to lose its meaning? Try ‘spoon’… after about the fifteenth time, my concept of ‘spoon’ becomes a blur of colors, not a…
