Category: Personal Essay

  • Let Go of Hate

    Let Go of Hate

    I remember the exact weight of it—that tight, hot coil sitting just below my sternum, the way it made my jaw ache from clenching. I was watching a colleague accept an award I’d convinced myself I deserved, and the applause in that room sounded like white noise, distant and mocking. Hate is sneaky. It doesn’t…