twenties

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…

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…

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…

After frantically and unsuccessfully searching my apartment for an umbrella this morning, I decided to keep my fingers crossed and make a break for it under the questionable gray skies. Not five minutes into my walk to…

Friday evening, I walked down the main road of a Chicago neighborhood. Within one block, I passed a group of rowdy smokers standing outside a dive bar, two parents contentedly walking their children past…

I only hoped my stench wouldn't waft too far off my body to the passengers sitting near the aisles. I moved slowly, as to not create a draft as I walked by, then found…

It’s 9:00pm on Saturday night – one of the first I have had free in a while – and I am sitting on my couch waiting for the plumber to give me the go…