The daily reality of non-apparent disability
On a random weeknight after work, I stood at a pharmacy counter to buy my antidepressant medication. The fluorescent lighting...
Is dreaming only for kids?
I was talking to a friend and blurted out a trendy joke—“Please, Please, Please” by Sabrina Carpenter— but changed Carpenter...
Fog
Trigger warning: Mention of suicidal ideations. If you were to ask me what my greatest failure in life is, it...
The ghost of ‘almosts’
There’s a peculiar silence that visits me sometimes—uninvited, unsettling, yet familiar. It arrives in the quiet after the day has...
Behind the pretense and embarrassment
Eyes squinting, eyebrows frowning, and lips curling in disgust. I do not long for love. Too blatant. Too embarrassing. A...
Anything but Chinese
I bitterly take my seat at the dining table for 18, for the families of three siblings united by their...