January 24, 2020
The Mosquito in a Sea of Durians
In 1989, a whale was discovered calling at a frequency of 52 hertz. No other whales with the same migration patterns shared the same frequency.
Family... whatever that means
All in Family... whatever that means
January 4, 2020
Portrait of Dorm Room, with Brothers, in the Year Before I Left
You say the green air mattress is always mine, even though it has a hole in it,the edges stitched up with masking tape.
January 4, 2020
Like leaves on trees
I was re-watching a Friends episode one day when Rachel referred to her friends as “magic beans,” which made me realize what it was about the show that made it so appealing
November 24, 2019
Mangiare Calabrese
Bonus points for blasting Frank Sinatra throughout this entire process to give it an authentic GoodFellas vibe.
November 24, 2019
Waiting
Most sick kids are afraid of dying and leaving weeping mothers and fathers behind. I sure was, or am.
November 22, 2019
Clean Rice
There’s a lot that goes into that rice. A lot of love, a lot of effort and a lot of family.
November 22, 2019
From Minutes to Miles
I thought you were constant because you were my best friend.
November 22, 2019
Why Disney Moms Die
For some reason, in all my favourite movies, all the moms are dead.
November 21, 2019
It's Like Looking in a Mirror
I’ve always (loudly) insisted that every single person in my family looks exactly like me. That we’re practically twins. This is a bit of an exaggeration.
November 21, 2019
Tracing Roots
Family: “A taxonomic rank in the classification of organisms between genus and order.”
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(Re)Defining Family
My family is messy — we fight, we laugh and we have very heated political debates. We do not fit into what my younger self thought was the perfect family.
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Who's your 'real' family?
I do feel very close to my family — just not the one that I was born into.
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Hospital ruminations
Not seeing the faces of my friends or hearing from them in the months and years to follow would end up hurting me much more than my surgical wounds ever could.
