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No one knows my story at a first glance, and no one will know yours. But I promise, I will always try to see the good in you and understand how you got to where you are now. 

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Yes, I know we are in a quarantine. I know we are social distancing. I am aware of the unique health challenges and financial uncertainty that many are facing. I know that these are serious times. 

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My dad passed away when I was just 8 months old. When I started talking, I would tell everyone that I see daddy.

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A crack in the treeline. We were no longer alone.

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Peering out his apartment window at the happy young couples walking hand-in-hand on the cobblestone streets below, Hansel Sumter had never felt so alone in his life.

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Each story has its own way of wanting to be worked out. Each story has its own way of unfolding. And the only problem lies in our attachment to how we thought the story was going to go. To how we thought the trail was going to look.

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My Uber was new to the area and attempted to drive down a rail road track.

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“Technically, I pulled myself over.”

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I like risk and a good story.

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When a chapter ends, another begins and is in our own hands the possibility to write a new and more beautiful story.