I met my best friend Sarah the day I put my whole life into her hands. In Fall 2014, I loaded up everything I deemed worth bringing - the pictures and the twinkle lights and the high school keepsakes - into my parents’ Honda Odyssey and drove south. The front steps of my dorm were [...]
If you've ever been lucky enough to meet Honora Beirne, you've likely wondered how so much poise, warmth and vivacity ended up in just one person. As my older cousin, she's always been a few steps ahead of me in life, first navigating high school, then college, and now New York City. Though I only get [...]
Beth handed me a blueberry-scented magic marker and a canvas-sized piece of paper. “Tonight you get to tell your story,” she said to all of us, a collection of ten strangers assembled in a vibrant arts-and-crafts room. “Tell it however you’d like. Timelines, webs, drawings. There’s no wrong way to do it. You’ll present them [...]
Bridget Cook 