I Finally Got My Happy New Year’s Eve

I’ve got a bad habit of collecting memories I don’t have. I adorn the shelves of my mind with milestones I’ve never reached, organizing them into lavish frames that contrast the emptiness inside. The developmental experiences comprising the majority of days for so many of my peers remain nothing but…

When Your ‘Old’ Life Makes You Feel Like a Stranger

Another year is starting and the family holidays are behind us. During those holidays, did your friends and family pull out old pictures of you and tell stories about different times in your life? Sometimes, tales about before you got sick or when you were “better?” In my case,…