I never dreamed of being able to fly. Just standing anywhere higher than ten feet above ground always triggered crippling anxiety in me. Nope. As Daedalus and Icarus proved, humans were not meant to fly. I was perfectly content with my feet planted on solid ground. So when I found myself atop a 20-story platform, staring down the Flight of the Falcon, a daunting 3,400-foot, head-first zip-line which seemed to extend into the next galaxy, I was anything but comfortable....

In the world of hurdlers, I’m a peculiar sight. At five feet tall, just a few inches away from official dwarf status, I stand at the start line of the 100-meter hurdles humorously juxtaposed against my towering, long-legged competitors. While it takes all of my strength to clear each hurdle, my competition does it effortlessly. It’s a critical disadvantage, an additional barrier to the ten already ahead. But, truthfully, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I�...

“All I know is that I know nothing.” “Strike” can mean either to hit or miss. Tests often contain pages that state that they have been “intentionally left blank.” Paradoxes run rampant in our world, and I am among the contradictions. Like all paradoxes, I simply defy logic. I belong to an unconventional stereotype, where interests that exist on separate wavelengths are no longer mutually exclusive. In my category, functions, formulas, and ir-resist-ibly awes-ohm physics jokes coexist with color, spacing,...

The mouthwatering aroma of classic grilled hotdogs wanders through the air, seizing ahold of my senses. A cowhide ball zips across the plate at an extraordinary speed; its journey ends with a thud into a leather mitt. The process repeats. The melodic rhythm is a symphony to my soul. Baseball is my home. Through all the changes in my family, one thing remains constant— from April to October, every single day, we gather to watch the Cleveland Indians game. Our...