Valentine’s Day always invites me into contemplation — an intentional pause to feel, remember, and notice love in all its forms. This year feels different, deepened by witnessing something powerful: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance — not just as entertainment, but as a declaration of love’s resilience. In every beat, every lyric sung with abandon and joy, I felt the unmistakable truth that love is stronger than hate . Love doesn’t hide when times are tense. Love doesn’t wither when the...

I hate being in limbo. Not in a mild, impatient way. I truly dislike the in-between—the unfinished, unsettled space where things aren’t yet clear and there’s no clean path forward. Change doesn’t scare me. Uncertainty doesn’t scare me. I’ve lived with both for most of my life. What I struggle with is not knowing when the other side will arrive . My coping mechanism has always been to power through. To pu sh hard. To move fast. To ge t to resolution as quickly as possible. Even when it costs...

I don’t make resolutions. Instead, I choose a word—one that feels less like a goal and more like a companion for the year ahead. A word I can return to when things feel heavy, when decisions feel complicated, or when I need to remember how I want to move through my life. For 2026, that word is balance . Not balance as perfection. Not balance as doing everything evenly or getting it right. But balance as a relationship—one I’m still learning, still practicing, and approaching with more honesty...