We all face financial struggles in today's world. We might not want to say it but life is expensive right now and it can often feel like you’re playing catchup and we live in a world where every third add on your phone is about some sort of quick cash app, or every person on social media seems to have some quick fix to your money problems of you sign up for their thing or do this or that. So it can be hard not to want to try them, see if you’re that one lucky person, I get it

Six months ago, I woke up in a hospital with no idea what had happened to me, and the first thing I heard was,  “You May Never Walk Again.”  On June 26th, 2025. I dropped my cardiac alert service dog off at my apartment and headed to the barn to take Radar, my semi-retired OTTB, out for a gallop. It was the first time good weather and my day off had aligned in almost 4 months, so I had unlimited time, and I definitely wasn’t going to let it go to waste. I g

Spectators gasp as the red and white pole comes down, tangling up four dark legs as they search for the sand. Above flies a young equestrian, her love for her horse and self-preservation locked in a battle as she has only a split second to decide if she can save them both or only him. He stumbles as she bails, the only option is to let go, and the ground and darkness swallow them both.  The horse untangles himself from the pole and runs off across the arena, where someone on

In a middle school biology class, boys assault your nose, girls whisper behind you, nails tapping on a glass screen, a teacher pointlessly calls for your attention, and on the board is a picture of your brain. There are seven sections of your brain: three parts, two hemispheres. It's pink, slimy, moist. Science tells us that neural impulses, hormones, and chemicals make us feel. Our mothers tell us it's our heart. Our therapist tells us it’s a disorder. We tell ourselves…

This bathroom was the kind of bathroom that reminds you of high school movies. The ones where drugs are done, suicides occur, and...