A few weeks ago as a follow-up to a few posts I'd written on being grateful, I asked my friends on Instagram which circumstance was the hardest for them to be grateful in. Unsurprisingly, most said seasons of suffering and/or loss, of which this year has had no shortage. We've lost opportunities, jobs, and in … Continue reading How to Be Grateful No Matter What →

This post was written as a journal entry in June 2018 and was revised in June 2020.  Last night I was exhausted. I still fought sleep, though. I felt like I was seven years old, and my teenage sisters were laughing with their friends while I listened from my bed, sleepless from intense fomo. I … Continue reading The Midnight Mosquito →

Note: This content is from journal entry dated June 10, 2018, and was revised on July 18, 2019. This morning I woke up at six o’clock to go to a meeting. I’d been to the place where these meetings are held once before, but it was two weeks ago, and my friend showed me the … Continue reading Yi Zhi Zou (一直走) →