This heart hunting journey began because my living, beating heart had broken into 1,000 pieces. To put it back together in a new shape 2,000 times over is something I couldn’t have imagined back then. Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey.

Instead of running a half marathon yesterday, I got to cheer for Travis and other runners. I learned a lot this month, kept walking, and captured beauty.

This week my mind circles around the thoughts of why I’m here - in the graduate program and everywhere else. The point isn’t just to gain knowledge, and I’m starting to think the point isn’t to believe an illusion that I can change many things outside myself. Perhaps the point is to change my thoughts and actions - based on knowledge - so that if there is any external difference to be made, it comes first from inside me.

Since the beginning of 2024, I have thought a lot about time and daylight. There never seems to be enough of either.

When I saw the U.S. national emergency to respond to the pandemic ended, it felt significant, even if the public at large went about life in the “new normal” a while ago. I want to document a piece of the pandemic’s end that is clear, because the rest of it wasn’t.