"Turns out the apocalypse is mostly paperwork and learning not to care what strangers think."

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.

Wasteland Orientation Terminal: Community Entry Requirements

A satirical look at what happens when belonging starts to feel like a process instead of a place.

Leaving Nursing Behind (But Taking the Stories With Me)

A reflective look back at the unglamorous, unseen work of nursing — and the quiet pride of walking away with dignity, humor, and a lifetime of stories.

Empathy, Pain, and a Midnight Scorched Attack

A 3:30 a.m. flare-up turns into an unexpected lesson in empathy, pain management, and the strange parallels between real-life recovery and surviving the Wasteland. Sometimes even nurses need a refresher in giving a damn.