I’m overflowing with all kinds of emotions as I reach the end of “This is Why…” Did I touch down and land safely or is that sinister spiral still pulling me under? There’s only one way to go, and it looks like there won’t be a dry eye in the web after all is typed and posted.
Read MoreHair today, gone tomorrow. Back in my teens, my stylist once told me I had “model hair.” I’m not sure if she was just being kind or trying to keep me as a regular, but there is no way I could walk into an agency with my matted mess and get offered a gig. If only she was able to trim my reality for that to be true.
Read MoreThe bigger, the better; that’s the key to perfection. The bigger we can make our bank accounts, reputations, and influence, the better our lives become, right? Where does that leave us in relation to each other, though; does the drive to enlarge our position take precedence over all else?
Read MoreThe path to righteousness…can it be plotted out using the cluster of red marks that adorn my face like a treasure map? I’m guessing not, so how do I go about scrubbing out the shame and forgetting the scars of wrongdoing? Will I ever find the right answer?
Read MoreWhen I visited the Adler Planetarium in 2016 for its Back to the Future REEL Science Film Series event, I was at a very different place in my life. Had someone given me a glimpse of my future then, I probably would have jumped into this Delorean to edit the past. Unfortunately, we can never quite know what exactly our future holds, though, so how can we prepare for it now?
Read MoreAdidas: All Day I Dream About...Sports? Sex? Sugar? Though the popular brand is not, in fact, an acronym for anything, it has been suggested that dreaming is the first step toward actualization, especially in fairy tales. But what if I'm dreaming about more sleep, and instead of reaching for my dreams while I'm awake, I hit the snooze button? Cinderella certainly would have had a different ending if she were in my shoes.
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