Ten

I remember crowding into my dorm’s common room to watch the news coverage on the big screen television. I remember attending a spontaneous mass in the middle of the day, because there was literally nothing else we could do. I remember watching Pretty Woman later that night, when my friends and I were burned out [...]

Secondary

“After all, I lost them, too. Except even back then, it had been different, like there’d been a barrier. That’s the thing you never expect about grieving, what a competition it is. Because no matter how important they’d been to me, no matter how sorry people told me they were, Denny and Kat and Teddy [...]

The Emerald Isle

Today is Saint Patrick’s Day, a favorite day of mine thanks to my love of all things Irish. I just recently realized it’s been TWO YEARS since I took my first trip to Ireland. So much has happened in two years and yet that trip still remains the single best vacation I’ve ever taken. If [...]