Picture this: Copenhagen, Denmark. Summer of 2024. I was about to wrap up one of the most incredible adventures of my life—living abroad in the Nordics, getting set to return to sweet home Chicago. For anyone who has ever uprooted their life and moved to a new country, you’ll understand when I say: there are no words. It’s the loneliest and yet most connected experience you can have. To traverse a country and its ways—without really knowing them, on your own. In a nation of 6

Unlike the first article I wrote for this series (Awake My Soul), which required me to slow the already slow paced song down and dissect it word by word, Pink Pony Club has basically been playing on repeat in my head since the moment I first heard it. At its heart, this song is about finding the place where you belong – or, as my family calls it, finding your people. I grew up with a perfectly loving and lovely family in a perfectly lovely town, yet I rarely felt like I fit

Have you ever surprised yourself in a bad way? In a "why did I say that, drink that much, send that email, eat all the cupcakes, or spend that much?" kind of way? Or maybe you, like me, have found yourself thinking, “Why haven’t I done (insert THE big hard thing) yet?” A couple of years ago, my spouse and I experienced an unexpected a crushing heartbreak. While discussing that loss with friends, they invited us to join them on a trip. We couldn’t say yes fast enough. With onl