When I bought my first car, I immediately drove it home with a great sense of accomplishment. For more than a year, I saved a big chunk of my salary from my two jobs to buy a car with cash, not credit. I am not self-indulgent, but at that moment, I felt like I earned…
As a kid, my parents used to take me to a butterfly sanctuary to go butterfly watching summer after summer. The serenity they symbolize has always mesmerized me. I am left in awe as I watch them fly from one flower to another. And as part of the experience, we were allowed to catch them,…
One afternoon a few weeks ago, while I was walking outside work during my lunch break, I had a short but incredibly adorable interaction with a little girl. She was walking alongside her mom and was holding a mylar helium balloon on her left hand. Suddenly, the string slipped from her fingers and the balloon…
