Philomena StoneSep 14, 20232 minOn Starting College and Letting Go of High SchoolI have survived my second week of college. If you had asked me last month if that was something I thought myself capable of doing, I...
Philomena StoneJul 15, 20235 minThe Importance of Self Care (Even When Not On Vacations)I recall awaking a few weeks ago to the feeling of my plush comforter wrapped around my body and the sound of Northern Mockingbirds...
Philomena StoneJun 24, 20235 minThe Presumed Ennui of LifeFROM my freshman through junior years in high school, I often complained that the days felt as if they were dragging on, the...
Philomena StoneMay 17, 20235 minON TURNING EIGHTEENIN exactly five months and eighteen days from the time I’m writing this, I will be eighteen years old. Like many other starry-eyed young...