The highway was packed. Bumper to bumper, barely snaking forward—glaciers have melted and formed new oceans faster than I was moving. The car radio hummed and my three-hour journey home for Thanksgiving slowly turned into four hours, then five. At …
Delmy’s Heart
When Delmy García was seven years old, she was told she had a bad heart. “I had to stay at the hospital for a week,” Delmy says. “I was very sad.” She always knew she was different—unable to run outside, …
A Love Letter to Guatemala
My first international trip was in 2005—unless you count our family vacation to London when I was eight. But since my only takeaways from that trip were a souvenir photo from the London Zoo of me smiling like a maniac …
What Will You Accomplish Without TV?
I broke my thumb today. Well, it’s at least badly sprained. Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration, but I definitely strained something, and I’m sure it will have long-term ramifications on my hand dexterity. I can’t even fathom eating …