There's a looming, gripping, all-consuming, and sinister part of wedding planning that no one ever talks about. It feels sort of like when my high school boyfriend dumped me the week before Winter Formal, but I was hosting the group dinner, so all my friends came with their dates for a meal, and I sat alone at the end of the table and nobody mentioned what had happened. We ate catered fried rice and orange chicken in my parents' dining room and had a good ole time, joking and

I'll admit, I'm not a hiring manager. I’m sure there’s a lot that goes into it—far more than applicants ever fully see. Like online dating, it must be exhausting to sift through mountains of profiles, flirt over email, get excited about meeting someone, and then realize halfway through the date that they might be a dud. There’s also the opposite problem: when it’s going really  well. You’re surprised at how well it’s going, and you start wondering if there’s a catch. Is this

As I sit here in my cozy little sunroom, soaking in the afternoon light before dusk settles in at 4 p.m., I’m guzzling ice water and stretching my legs over a foam roller. I ran a 5K this morning along the trail, just like I have almost three times a week for most of this summer and fall. It still makes me laugh, because for years I told people I wasn’t a runner. Yet here I am on Turkey Trot Eve, race packet and mini pumpkin pie on the table, raffle ticket in the bucket to wi

"And you're never gonna wanna." Truer words were never spoken...and yet... Taylor's newest album was released on October 3, 2025, and I found myself singing along, just entering two months at my new job after deciding to leave my hectic but stable teaching career. I was observing some red flags but enjoying consistent paychecks. I thought that it would be okay, at first. The situation could be saved, of course. But I may have girl-bossed too close to the sun, and I may have a

For 75% of the year, I spend my Wednesday evenings at Swope Soccer Village competing for a one-night-only coupon for free Charlie Hoopers pitchers. Yes, that means your reward for midweek cardio chaos at 9 p.m. is to take your sweat-soaked sports bra down the street to Brookside for some grade-A Miller Lite. And I 100% recommend it. Like many, I moved back to Kansas City after college as an adult, and I experienced the isolation of pandemic distancing big-time in 2020. Origin

And so here it is. I'm just as curious to read it as you are. I gave it the topic of itself. "Tell me about AI, the fear around it, how...

It's that time of year again. The first news magazine is out, reporters are working on the next, and yearbook is...figuring it out slower...