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Buying My First Car: The Freedom I Didn’t Know I Needed

Buying My First Car: The Freedom I Didn’t Know I Needed

A Story About Growing Up, Letting Go, and Finally Taking the Wheel
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The Quiet Shift
While We Slept, She Stayed Awake

While We Slept, She Stayed Awake

On Distance, Mothers, and the Invisible Cost of Expat Life
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Kay J
Why I Keep the Postcards I Don’t Send

Why I Keep the Postcards I Don’t Send

What a soda, a leaf, and a bird taught me about slowing down
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Garima Chhikara
I’m 36. I’m trying to rebuild my life.

I’m 36. I’m trying to rebuild my life.

A therapist. A writer. An editor. Two cats.
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Merve Tarhan
A Life on the Lanes

A Life on the Lanes

What a high school job in a bowling alley taught me about life, people, pressure, and pinsetters
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Alex Garoffolo
I Was Going to Finish

I Was Going to Finish

My first ultramarathon — and the part I almost didn’t make it past.
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John Alexander
The Brother I Never Knew, But Somehow Always Felt

The Brother I Never Knew, But Somehow Always Felt

A reflection on inherited grief, family silence, and emotional memory.
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Caleb Dempsey
Travels in Tuscany and the Ghosts We Carry

Travels in Tuscany and the Ghosts We Carry

Experiences of wine, loss, and a haunting night in Tuscany
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Jakob Ryce
From Victim to Officer

From Victim to Officer

A childhood mugging, a squad car ride, and the first flicker of a future dream
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D. Villar
One Flat Foot in Front of the Other

One Flat Foot in Front of the Other

From flower crowns to the Chicago Marathon
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Traversing Therapist
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