I lost my dad in 2020 during Covid. This is a real story about grief, complicated love, faith, and how losing him shaped the woman I am today.

I was watching a video today of a 109-year-old World War II veteran. The oldest living veteran in the world. And for some reason, it completely broke me open in the best way. Not because it was sad. Because it was beautiful. Listening to people who have lived that long talk about life has a way of cutting through all the noise. All the pressure. All the comparison. All the nonsense we think matters. What they kept saying was simple. Take care of your health. Walk. Stretch. Move your body....

Indian War 1609 - 1924 Today I learned something that genuinely broke my heart. And what’s wild is how I learned it. I wasn’t reading a book. I wasn’t in a history class. I wasn’t watching a documentary. I literally just turned on my TV. A really old black and white movie was playing. I wasn’t even watching it. I was in the bathroom washing my face, half paying attention, when I overheard a line that stopped me in my tracks. The movie was Massacre Canyon. Someone casually said something about...