Category «Life»

Thank you, mami

Spoiler alert: My mom is my hero, and this only tells you the half of it. When I was 14, my mom changed. It wasn’t a quick change; it took some time. But I could tell it would happen. We were on our way to the mall desperately ignoring the elephant cramped in the backseat …

“Why’d you call it that?”

I’m not proud of this. The name for Making the Middle Count came from a Sandra Bullock movie. A quick search of the quote from the header will reveal the movie is, “Hope Floats,” a late-nineties rom-dram about starting over. Nope, not proud of this. It wasn’t the first name to come to mind or the …

The Beginning of the Middle

I studied for three years at the University of Texas at Austin. Three years full of incredible lessons, experiences and people. It’s been 110 days since my graduation, and I have not applied for a single job, internship or fellowship. I have decided to take a break. Not because I need to recharge after my time at …