growing up

New Jersey native Audra Kyrk earned her Master’s Degree from Tulane University’s School of Social in December 2012 with a hankering to learn more. Now, three years later, works at the school working with…

I have published a New Year’s post every year since I started blogging in 2010. I always focus these annual posts not on resolutions, but on the memories I am thankful for in each…

At the start of every new year, I publish a post highlighting key events of my 365 days past. I’ve never been big on New Year’s resolutions, but instead prefer to wrap up each…

Now, only one week away from 28, there is no denying it. I have officially entered my late twenties. Life is still undetermined for me here, but I’m riding out my journey with a…

It’s almost time to give a long hug and tearful “see you soon” to those people who made my time in Chicago both fulfilling and unforgettable. I love you all more than words can…

As I look out my apartment window onto the bright lights of Chicago, I think about the significant changes I will face in these quickly approaching weeks. This is my final countdown.…

I love my life. I'm working toward great opportunities and have much to be thankful for. In the meantime, I find the age of 27 to be a hurricane of change and emotions. And,…

Our culture is obsessed with love – the feeling of it, the hunt for it and the despair of losing it. I still believe in fairy tales, but I believe in fairy tales of…

Five days a week, we drag ourselves into the cube farm, into temporary, makeshift work spaces, many of us banging our fists against our internal walls in hopes that someday it will end. One…

On my birthday this year, a friend observed that every new age in her twenties has seemed like a significantly “older” age than the year before. I immediately understood what she meant. I will be…