By Rachel in California As a current 30-year-old female millennial, there is one thing you can guarantee about my childhood: I loved Mary-Kate and Ashley movies. Every straight to VHS movie release meant my best friend and I were having a sleepover and devouring every last detail of the latest […]
**A quick back story** When I was 13 I left the country for the first time on a “People to People” trip–an organized trip for middle schoolers to England, Ireland, and Wales. We had a homestay outside of Broadway, England in the Cotswolds. My homestay was my favorite experience as […]
By Sarah, New York I never thought I’d fall in love. I’m thankful for close friendships in my life; many starting in middle school. These friendships have kept me alive more than I can express. In High School, I’d spend my nights alone crying to myself about never finding a […]
By Richelle, San Diego by the way of New York City I keep hearing, “2020 is the worst. I can’t wait until it’s over…” Part of me agrees – yes, 2020 has not shaped up to the be the transformative “new start” year that many of us had hoped for […]
If you were to ask anyone in my family who our favorite pet was we’d tell you that we don’t have favorites. But if you asked us which pet had a framed portrait hanging in the dining room we’d tell you just one, Teddy Bear. Teddy Bear wasn’t our first […]
