Fun in The Sun

As a child, I was painfully shy. Quiet. I hid. I didn’t speak up. I didn’t even speak at all until I was two. I know what it feels like to be on the outside. To feel unseen. Disconnected. Alone. And maybe that’s why this piece matters so much to me. Because somewhere along the way, life taught me this truth, we are not meant to do this alone. Not behind screens. Not in isolation. Not watching life instead of living it. We are meant to gather. To laugh until it hurts. To be silly. Loud. Present. Together.