Four years ago in Wildwood Park, I ran across the park as quickly as I could, scanning for any brightly colored eggs hidden behind rocks or trees. Every other person around me was doing the exact same...
My parents love telling me the story of how at age 2 I trained in earnest to become a chef every day. That is, clever little me used the toilet across the hall from my grandma’s room as my choice of...
Carefully following the YouTube video on my dad’s phone, 7-year-old me meticulously used a crochet hook to wrap rubber bands on top of each other around my plastic loom. I had fallen in love with this...
I place the final block onto my build, step back, and I’m done.
It’s a simple house, made out of dark oak logs and planks and cobblestone, but it was mine. I created it.
“Minecraft” has...
At the moment I gained consciousness, I almost immediately grasped the value of money. $2.50 could buy me a scoop of ice cream at the Baskin Robbins nearby, $15 could purchase a cute stuffed animal from...
Purpose is overrated. The idea that everyone has to be significant, find a meaning, leave their mark in history or change the world is an overrated and damaging idea.
So . . . if I could go back...
As a young child, I would often sit in the living room and play with my multitude of stuffed animals: A large orange carrot from REI, Knuffle bunny, a hand sewn doll my mother made, monkeys and more....
ang yuan (汤圆) was my childhood favorite breakfast, coveted dessert and warm hug after a long piano recital. Tang yuan is a Chinese traditional dessert consisting of glutinous rice balls filled with...
When I tell people I never watched “Spongebob” growing up, it elicits gasps of horror.
“You’ve never watched SPONGEBOB?” they ask, faces pale with shock. After all, “Spongebob”...
