Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Shame

  • We raced around the library, lap after lap, avoiding the few students left in the school. The halls were wide, the library in the center of the school forming a big square track for us. My freshman feet pounded the linoleum. Each lap somehow harder and easier than the last. Lap 6. 7. Maybe I can…

  • I watched a TED Talk a couple weeks ago that included a simple picture. The speaker began talking about distraction, because the picture, like the one I’ve provided below, demonstrated what he meant about distraction. The original picture was of a Dad at the park and he was playing with his smart phone while the…