Tagged - childhood

Growing up into nostalgia

Recently, I’ve been grappling with a feeling of impending adulthood — what it entails, what it takes away, and what it creates.

Notes by Nadia: Why are we so eager to grow up?

I don’t understand why, in America, we're all in a rush to grow up.

How I fell in love with ‘Percy Jackson’ in college

It’s sweet to see young, awkward love, and be drawn into memories of being 13 and painfully awkward in the ways of romance, while at the same time being exceedingly grateful you have successfully made it past those cringeworthy years.

What Ms. Frizzle taught me about mistakes

You fail a lot. Accept the failure, brush the dirt off your shoulders, and get back up. Learning is experimental, and there is no right way to do it.