The Toughest Biker Cried When My 7-Year-Old Spoke to Him

Here’s the story rewritten with each sentence on a new line, keeping the original content, names, and actions, and maintaining its length: I observed a colossal motorcyclist descend to his knees when my seven-year-old daughter placed her stuffed animal into his hands at a bustling highway rest area. He appeared to be six feet and … Read more

Our Triplets Were Raised Identically—Then One Started Sharing Unexplainable Memories

Everyone always joked that we’d need color-coded bowties just to tell them apart. So we did—blue, teal, red. Three perfect little copies, right down to the dimples. They finished each other’s sentences. Had their own language. Shared everything. It was like raising one soul in three bodies. But a few weeks ago, Teal—Eli—started waking up … Read more

Airborne Altercation: When Diabetes Met Entitled Demands

I never would have envisioned a circumstance where I would be compelled to fiercely uphold my fundamental right to consume a protein bar while on board an airplane. Yet, during a recent trip from Chicago to Seattle, that unlikely scenario materialized with striking clarity. I found myself embroiled in an unforeseen confrontation with a pair … Read more