In September of 2023, I placed a sticky note on my desk at school that read, ‘Find an Agent.’ When I cleared off my desk in June of 2024, preparing for the summer vacation, I peeled off the same sticky note. Were the words crossed off as if I had even attempted to complete the…

Ever since I was a little girl of 9 or 10, I remember heading to Rice Lake, Canada for an annual summer vacation. Now, I’m sure we missed years here and there, but it’s been a yearly trip that happened more often than not. I have childhood memories of swinging over the water from ‘Monkey…