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  • My Government-Subsidized Breakfast

    My Government-Subsidized Breakfast

    “Medical Center,” a robotic voice echos over the speaker as the metro hurls into the faint light of the station. I exit the station around 8:30 AM just in time to stop at my favorite breakfast place: Walter Reed Medical Center. I enter the hospital through a heavy metal door…

  • The Fuzzy Vision Paradox

    The Fuzzy Vision Paradox

    I was in middle school when I found out I needed glasses for myopia. The discovery came when I needed to get an annual physical to try out for the track team, and I failed to read even the “E” at the top of the Snellen chart (the chart with…

  • A Fast Food, Millennial Gray Society

    A Fast Food, Millennial Gray Society

    Is anyone else tired of this fast food world we live in? I’m not talking just about food, either. I’m talking about fast convenience. Prices have gone up, but quality and intentionality have gone way down. One thing that living in a city has made me aware of is how…

  • I Used to Like Driving Until I Started Taking the Metro

    I Used to Like Driving Until I Started Taking the Metro

    I’ll never forget those late nights that were spent driving around the Jacksonville suburbs with my family. “Mom, can we drive around?” I would ask. “Sure, go get in the car!” We’d spend an hour or so driving with the windows down and the music loud, and, like a neglected…