looking back on 2025

there is a drawing taped to my fridge I made this time last year with a blue river down the middle of the page, a backpack on one side and a stick figure with a heart too big for its body on the other since then, I flew out of 15 airports around the world where I recorded powerpoint presentations while waiting at the gate, sent “boarding!” selfies to keep one of my only superstitions at bay, spent…