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    The Secret Is Out
    • 3 min

    The Secret Is Out

    “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” - Norman Cousins For a long time I...
    A Cure For Restlessness
    • 3 min

    A Cure For Restlessness

    “Just living the dream” he said as we walked out of class in college more than 12 years ago. I had asked him to tell me about his...
    Coming Home (Part 2 of 2): Discovering Half Of My Identity
    • 11 min

    Coming Home (Part 2 of 2): Discovering Half Of My Identity

    ACTING FILIPINO I could count Filipino money (pesos) just by looking at the color of the bill, and I felt proud. My moment of...
    Coming Home (Part 1 of 2): Discovering Half Of My Identity
    • 5 min

    Coming Home (Part 1 of 2): Discovering Half Of My Identity

    We were the only brown kids in the photo. Like the rhyme from Sesame Street, “one of these things is not like the others,” my sister and...
    Simplicity and the Seduction of Surf
    • 5 min

    Simplicity and the Seduction of Surf

    “Come onnnnn” he taunted, looking out at the horizon. “I’m getting cold” another joked, mockingly rubbing his arms over his wet suit. As...
    Truth At 36,000 Feet
    • 1 min

    Truth At 36,000 Feet

    The end of a flight is a personal reckoning. Your internet purchase has timed out, the cabin is in a dark slumber, and the...
    Austin: A Texas Star
    • 3 min

    Austin: A Texas Star

    “Austin is a liberal bastion in the middle of Texas” she said while sitting cross-legged on a leather ottoman in the lobby of the Hotel...
    The Ability to Go
    • 2 min

    The Ability to Go

    Although I wrote this four years ago, I’m about to board a plane to meet the same friend referenced in this story, so with a sense of...
    A Choice of City
    • 3 min

    A Choice of City

    Sure I could say New York is big, and crowded, and busy, and expensive. I could talk about riding the subway, and how if you’re not quick...
    The Airport Appeal
    • 1 min

    The Airport Appeal

    Walking through the airport to catch a train back to the city, instead of departing on a plane towards a new city, is an excruciating...
    Learning More Than I Would Teach: A Volunteer Trip to Ghana
    • 24 min

    Learning More Than I Would Teach: A Volunteer Trip to Ghana

    "Throughout our conversation he said things like 'you need your rest to prepare for your program' and 'it will be very different where we...