A diploma isn't a substitute for evidence. Credentials deserve respect, but they should never end the conversation. They should begin it.
Category: Companion Essays
The Closet Wasn’t Empty
For many LGBT people, the closet wasn't simply about keeping a secret. It was about survival. A personal reflection on growing up gay, serving in the Army, and the consequences that once came with honesty.
Nobody Is Watching
After years of worrying what everyone else thought, I made a surprising discovery: most people are too busy dealing with their own lives to pay much attention to mine. Oddly enough, that's one of the most freeing things I've ever learned.
“The Expiration Date on Sympathy”
The hardest part of grief isn’t always the catastrophe itself. Sometimes it’s realizing the world quietly resumes while you’re still standing in the wreckage trying to understand what survived.