Archive - The Light is You

Will I Regret It if I Leave?

On trusting ourselves and not looking back

Jun 30 •

May 2025

The Light is You

What to do when there is no light at the end.

May 27 •

April 2025

Goodbye Apartment 8

On moving in with my boyfriend and making the "right" choice

Apr 28 •

7:16

March 2025

My latest essay, out now in Witness Magazine!!

Mar 31 •

February 2025

Like Ozempic for Your Brain

Please invent a drug with no side effects that makes me stop feeling scared all the time

Feb 24 •

January 2025

What if this is forever?

The solitude vs. loneliness knife-edge of being single

Jan 27 •

December 2024

The Day the Robbers Came

A story from the family archive

Dec 30, 2024 •

Writing is Hard

But it gets easier (and then hard again probably)

Dec 16, 2024 •

November 2024

Good Old-Fashioned Hysteria

Oh my god what the fuck do we do now

Nov 25, 2024 •

A Case for Patriotism

A final plea for action from a great-granddaughter of immigrants

Nov 4, 2024 •

October 2024

Milestone birthdays and the heartbreaks that rewire us

Oct 28, 2024 •

California Dreams (and headaches)

Why isn't this vacation working?

Oct 7, 2024 •

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