So, I finally graduated! It’s been a long, rough road, but the reward was worth the endless nights studying and pounding my head against a desk. But now for the real world; I’ve never been very good at adulting. That sense of impending doom and existential dread goes away, right? One thing is for certain though: I know what I want from life, and that’s to share my writing! Looking back, it's been a rough year for a lot of people. Besides the deaths of many role models, I know

Memorial weekend. I celebrated it as any good American should - by the grill with my family and a beer or three. But I think people lose sight of this holiday and what it means. It is to remember those who served and gave their lives to us and our country. I believe that living in such a great country with so many means at our disposal can make people lose track of the big picture, that the world around us is frail, that we are a small percentage out of many that have little,