#growing-up

Don’t Bully A Bully

The summer we all got beat up…

Is the New Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Full-Cast Edition) Worth the Hype?

Let’s be honest: we’ve all been burned by audiobook hype before. You buy a highly recommended title, only to realize the narrator sounds…

Big Age Reflections.

"Tonainthisdecade” is the name I gave this page, with every intention of chronicling the decade that has been my twenties. I never came…

Son of Man

A man in time you’ll be

Is the Battle Worth the Hype?

Let’s be completely honest for a second: finishing a seven-book series is a massive emotional commitment. Whether you grew up waiting in…

Is Jim Dale’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Book 4 Audiobook Worth the 21-Hour Listen?

Let’s be real: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Book 4 is the exact moment J.K. Rowling decided to take off the training wheels. It’s…

The Irrational Fear of Turning Twenty.

The vestiges of the evening light and being nineteen look longingly at me, as though they both know they’re going to leave soon. Somehow…

It Was Never About the Color Pink

On growing up "not like other girls," and finally being comfortable in my femininity

The Hidden Apartheid That Few Know About

Growing up with “privilege” and discrimination

An American Youth -Part 14

A letter to my sons

Nobody Warned Me That Growing Up Meant Grieving People Who Are Still Alive

Some losses don’t come with goodbyes. They just come with silence.

Is This a Magic Pill?

What I learned trying the first over-the-counter birth control pill with no sex ed to fall back on

Growing Up Means Losing Some Dreams

Growing up means losing some of your dreams, but not always in the way people think.

How Do You Drive Growth When Ambition Is Not the Fuel?

What a glass of cold coffee taught me about pace, contentment, and the growth targets we keep getting wrong

An American Youth -Part 13

A letter to my sons

Even after the Dandelion Dies

I think this is what growing up feels like Not everything that perks us up are "ohh, SIKEE!!" You grow around the tiny details and…

a farewell to being a teenager, and the acceptance growing up.

heavily inspired by lorde’s poem ; “Letter To Adolescence”

Who am i?

We are not who we were, and not yet who we’ll be

Finding Yourself Is The Wrong Idea

The strange truth about identity, choice, and change.

Soulmate withdrawal is real.

The silent, agonizing grief of watching your platonic soulmate slide into a completely different reality.

The Blame Was Never the Point

When two people fought over blame, the only thing that quietly lost was the person standing between them.

Growing Up and Changing Goals

I’ve always wondered what growing up actually feels like.

If Happiness Had a GPS Coordinate, It Would Be That Park on a Sunday in the ‘90s.

On the house we grew up in, the red bicycle that became a car, the crowded bed that became a room of my own and what exactly we pay when we…

She’s Giving NEET. I Survived JEE. Somehow We Found Each Other.

On walks, gossip, the things we talk about on long evenings, and the quiet fear of watching someone you love finally get to leave.

So, You’ve Started

Now what?

Fathers, Sons and Wilderness Memories

In praise of Type II outdoor fun

Vienna Waits for You

Excepts from a Baccalaureate Address Given by Author

Irony of Growing Up

A Poem

The Away Game

Home isn’t always where the heart is

An American Youth -Part 11

A letter to my sons

To the little girl looking at me in the mirror

The wars within our minds and souls

“Malalim akong magmahal ngunit mas malalim ang aking mga pangarap.”

Lason ang pag-ibig sa taong puno ng pangarap

Still, it Grows

A poem

KISS Unmasked: It’s 1980 All Over Again

Memories of music that moved me.

Being the Youngest Child

Tiap kali tahu ada seseorang yang aku kenal ternyata anak bungsu juga seperti aku, pandanganku pada mereka akan selalu melembut.

Spinning Globe

A ride in time. Homage to the little one left behind, the familiar faces

An American Youth -Part 10

A letter to my sons

Why Double Membrane Gas Holders Are Growing in Popularity in India

India’s renewable energy sector is witnessing rapid growth, and biogas technology is playing a major role in this transformation. As…

Dinosaur biscuits

Milked chocolate stock rupture perhaps a success failure ? ’cause I bought them all

I Have No Connection With Family

Some connections you can’t will into existence. It’s either there or it’s not.

We Were Too Young to Feel Everything That Deeply.

Teenage isn’t a phase of being “overly emotional”, it is the terrifying, beautiful process of meeting yourself for the very first time.

I Am 19 and Not Ready to Turn 20

I didn't think 20 would scare me

The Strange Age Between Then and What’s Next

What is happening? What is really happening?

The Toy in the Red Steel Box

The toy I remember best growing up

Merry Christmas, please don’t call.

An American Youth -Part 9

A letter to my sons

The Mural Remains

The Daily Word #11 I arrive I 330

My Mother Growing Up as a Child in the 1920s

See photos of her in Milwaukee and Okauchee, Wisconsin

The People Who Talk More Than They Do

Why do some people often speak out without backing it up?

The PG on the Third Floor Taught Me More Than Any Classroom Did.

On the strangers who became sisters, the ones who quietly faded, and the belonging you can build from scratch when nobody assigns it to…