Homepage
Open in app
Sign inGet started

A home for personal stories and perspectives.

  • Archive
  • Trending
  • Submit
  • Beneath the Wake

    Beneath the Wake

    Memories From the Middle of the Ocean: On Service, Migration, and the Wounds We Carry Home.
    Go to the profile of Leo Gene
    Leo Gene
    May 30
    I’m Paid Like I’m Part-Time — But I Show Up Like I’m Not

    I’m Paid Like I’m Part-Time — But I Show Up Like I’m Not

    I’m part-time on paper, not to my students
    Go to the profile of Sherene Jensen
    Sherene Jensen
    May 30
    Running Errands: How Small a Life, Yet How Warm a Heart

    Running Errands: How Small a Life, Yet How Warm a Heart

    The humble rituals that shape love
    Go to the profile of Lídia Milette Artigas
    Lídia Milette Artigas
    May 30
    I Went in for a Tummy Tuck. I Left My Body Intact.

    I Went in for a Tummy Tuck. I Left My Body Intact.

    I didn’t expect to leave the plastic surgeon’s office with my confidence and my perspective changed.
    Go to the profile of Sabine McNaughton
    Sabine McNaughton
    May 30
    Presence, My Father, and Gandhi.

    Presence, My Father, and Gandhi.

    What I learned from a military man who loved life, marching with a kind-heart and a tuneless whistle
    Go to the profile of Vikram Sundarji
    Vikram Sundarji
    May 29
    Cucumbers and Cannabis: From Sex Ed to the ICU

    Cucumbers and Cannabis: From Sex Ed to the ICU

    Teenagers, trash bags of weed, and the unlikely road to critical care.
    Go to the profile of Critically Stable
    Critically Stable
    May 29
    What It’s Like to Be as Happy as a Person Can Be

    What It’s Like to Be as Happy as a Person Can Be

    Contentment in the ordinary.
    Go to the profile of Marina Wyss - Gratitude Driven
    Marina Wyss - Gratitude Driven
    May 29
    Romanticizing even the mundane

    Romanticizing even the mundane

    Finding magic in the midst of Exam Season.
    Go to the profile of Scarlett R. 🍁
    Scarlett R. 🍁
    May 29
    The Fire Under the Bed

    The Fire Under the Bed

    Surviving in the ‘Mansion’ of Pearson, Wisconsin
    Go to the profile of Kaya Gravitter
    Kaya Gravitter
    May 29
    Collapse, Emergence, and the Persistence of Worth

    Collapse, Emergence, and the Persistence of Worth

    Collapse and emergence exist in professional spaces, even when nobody speaks of them.
    Go to the profile of Cedar Compson
    Cedar Compson
    May 29
    About Human PartsLatest StoriesArchiveAbout MediumTermsPrivacyTeams