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Superpowers
A personal essay on imagination, time, and attachment
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Don't Let My Mother's Script Go to Waste
I had a dream about Post-it notes, destiny, and the possibility that my mother's life was always meant to change mine.
Jul 2
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The Day I Stopped Saving My Mother
At twelve years old, I staged an intervention for my alcoholic mother—and learned a lesson that took decades to understand.
Jun 30
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Can You Have Too Many Decorative Pillows?
I genuinely believed adulthood would involve fewer emotional arguments about throw pillows. Instead, I appear to be building a textile empire one…
Jun 2
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Reintroducing: MN Moms at -20 Degrees
A reintroduced essay on protest, parenting, and why kindness still feels like resistance.
Jun 26
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The Book That Changed My Life Twice
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I’m Fully Half-Committed to Bettering Myself
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Murky Dismal: A BMX Childhood Incident
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