I often joke with my local friends that planes from my hometown don’t fly to Montana. Without knowing the exact location of either, you are completely aware that’s just not true. In all the efforts I have put into maintaining relationships and visit when I can, the number of people who have flown this way…

The hardest feeling in the world is feeling lost. Being lost means that you are physically present but emotionally disconnected, and there are mixed feelings between being present and absent. Being present means that you are living your real life, while being absent means that you are living a completely different life from the one…

I didn’t learn the most important things in moments when everything was going well. I learned them when things felt unclear, when people left, and when I had too much time alone with my thoughts. Those quiet, uncomfortable moments changed me in ways success never could. One thing I understand now is that not everyone…