July 18, 2018 Waiting On Maria The day is Tuesday. July 10th. Here in Taichung, we await the arrival of Typhoon Maria, who seems to be escaping her planned parade…
July 8, 2018 Cracked *This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used…
July 4, 2018 On Coming Home Do you ever find yourself too close to a situation, so close that you come to realize the only way to gain perspective is…
June 27, 2018 Subways and Spaghetti If you haven’t, be sure to read “Skyscrapers and Juice Boxes” for the beginning of this story. *This is a work of fiction. Names,…
June 16, 2018 Skyscrapers and Juice Boxes *This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used…
June 10, 2018 To Those Afraid to Take the Leap Once upon a time when you were younger and the world around you was far more innocent, you stood at the edge of the pool. Maybe it was the edge of a pier, overlooking a lake full of marine life and seaweed dancing beneath the surface. There you stood in your swimsuit, wrapping your arms around yourself, looking out to the water like it was a terrible grade on your math test. Behind you, your parents called out to you.
June 3, 2018 Claim Your Story It was Groundhog Day. The skies were grey and the snow was speckled with tufts of grass peeking out over the blanket of white. At around eleven in the morning, kids piled out of the maroon double doors. Dressed in warm winter jackets and colorful snow pants, kids leapt into the snow banks with gleeful smiles on their faces. For a winter day in Wisconsin, the weather was about average. But today would not be any ordinary day.
May 9, 2018 Unwavering Faith In 2005, my worst fear (back then) came true: my family was moving. The idea seemed ludicrous at first. We had spent as long…
