It’s the day of my 21st birthday and I received something in the mail I DID NOT EXPECT. It was a an old looking map and had no info on who sent this. I laughed because I thought it was a mistake or a joke, but as I looked closely it said my party was in a certain spot. I went to get my phone because it’s the 21st century and maps on my phone is WAY more useful to me. But it wasn’t in my room, and ...

As a 7 year old, I was always looking for trouble or as my mom would say. I wanted to be out and about all the time and I had no fear. I’d climb trees, hold bugs, talk to strangers, and share my thoughts.

But as I got older, life became scarier or I just became more timid. Peoples opinions of me mattered all of a sudden. I rarely shared my thoughts with people, maybe only one person. And trying ...

Is something really silent if the absence of all noise stirs up an inner voice? I do my best thinking when everything is quiet and I’m able to hear every little thing going on in my mind. I ponder about the littlest things in my day and some deep hard things that I’ve set aside. A lot of self-reflection comes with silence for me lately and it tends to get harder to hush my inner voice.

So instea...

A stroll was all I needed on this warm Thursday evening. I wanted to clear my head from this long work week. I was trudging along the dull grey sidewalk as it began to rain. Five seconds went by and it started to pour. I started picking up the pace and turned to head back home.

While turning into the block where I lived, I could hear laughter and screaming. A joyous scream. A scream that I could...