The Finical family– if someone were to ask me what they are like, I’d start by saying, “They’re the inviting type. The type that makes you feel like family within minutes of conversation, the type that knows no strangers, only friends they haven’t met yet.” Carson and Laura are warm, and their geniality is a trait their children have taken upon themselves to not merely inherit, but radiate within the world. Jessica and Chris are old friends of mine who are now pursuing their education at Arizona State University. Jess is a Vice President of a sorority, and Chris spends his time with close buds and darling girlfriend, Monica. Carson [...]

When you see two people in love, it makes you forget all the hurt it’s ever caused you, and somehow your heart yearns for it again, at any expense. There is a good love out there, a love that’s bigger than any of the pains it may cause, a love that we were wired for, a love that softens yet concurrently sharpens.
I remember last May, walking down the streets in Manhattan, watching two lovers coupled underneath a single umbrella, seemingly apathetic to the rest of the world rushing by. A cursory glance quickly became a stare when my eyes caught that sort of love. That good good love, the contagious [...]