Lauren

This bit is for Annelise and Honey

I remember looking down the hallway in middle school as two girls turned away from my older sister, leaving her out of their conversation and walking down the hallway without her when she was clearly trying to engage with them. I could see my sister was hurt. I never told

This past week, I finally was able to wear my bush/tree costume on stage for Halloween. It was a little late for Halloween, but I am really happy with how the look turned out. It was my first time back at the Monday Night Comedy Show and I missed

My knee swelled a couple days after I practiced a swing dancing spin at home. I felt a pinch and some pain when it happened but it was the swelling that scared me. I have had lots of knee pain before, but I had never been able to push fluid

I walked myself into a Codependents Anonymous meeting late in 2020, fresh off a breakup. In early 2020, I finally stopped caring for my mentally-ill mother. Shortly after that, I found myself in another codependent relationship. My new partner also struggled with mental illness and slowly nudged me into a

I got lost on my way to the Twin Cities marathon. I printed out a map and then forgot it at home. I tried to use my GPS but it couldn't re-route around the road construction. I ended up returning the GPS and now I am busy memorizing

When I was in my twenties, I was a bit embarrassed to claim the identity of a minimalist because I was a poor college student and had been forced into minimalistic ways. I was only a minimalist because I was poor. I moved into one college dorm room with white

The day that no one was waiting for (except me) has arrived. My family is a bit frustrated I am no longer in the group chat, and I will have to read a phone manual to access the voicemail I received. Hopefully the voicemail is not too important because I

I never learned much about money because my student loan debt felt too overwhelming and impossible to overcome. I did not want to look directly at my bank accounts, my debt, and my savings because it made me uncomfortable to see how little I made compared to how massive my