There are moments in life that seem completely ordinary while they are happening. They slip by unnoticed, buried beneath routines that feel so permanent we rarely stop to question them. Then, for reasons we cannot always explain, something shifts. A thought appears...
There is something strange about military camaraderie. It is difficult to explain to someone who has never experienced it for themselves. It is not simply friendship, and it is definitely not the kind of surface level “work friendship” that many people experience in...
“Why do you play D&D?” I was once asked, “Isn’t Dungeons & Dragons where you dress up and pretend to be wizards or something?” To which I replied with a slight chuckle, “You can certainly dress up if you would like to. Sometimes it helps people get into...