When Parents Idealize Themselves
This is a repost from my restored archives. It was re-uploaded June 16, 2018. “I don’t think they mean to be abusive, though.” I hear those words at…
The Legend of the Snow Fairies
6/18/18: I wrote this story in 2013, and posted it here on the blog in 2015. I don't write much fiction, but this story plopped itself in my lap a…
Losing Grip on Eternity, Part 5: Finding Purpose
This post was originally uploaded on July 31, 2015. It was re-uploaded as part of the Archive Restoration Project. “I hold on to the notion that I ju…
Losing Grip on Eternity, Part 4: Feeling Infinite
This post was originally published on July 30, 2015. It was re-uploaded as part of the Archive Restoration Project. “Romeo and Juliet Are together in…
Losing grip on eternity, Part 3: Grief and Finality
This post was originally posted on July 29, 2015. It was re-uploaded as part of the Archive Restoration Project. “Imagining an afterlife can tend to…
Losing Grip on Eternity, Part 2: Heaven as an Excuse
This post was originally uploaded on July 28, 2015. It was re-uploaded as part of the archive restoration project. “Aren’t you sick of wasting so muc…
Losing grip on eternity: Part 1: Foundations and Questions
Content note (added January 2024): This post was originally posted on July 27, 2015. It contains a historical inaccuracy. The Quran was not written an…
Little Soldiers’ Little Shoulders
This article was re-uploaded in 2018. It is part of the archive restoration project. One of the most important articles I read this year was “When Sh…
It Feels Like Creativity
This post was reuploaded in 2018 as part of the archive restoration project. One way to describe depression is that there’s a disconnect between the…