Lori A. A.
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Writer exploring identity, human behavior, and life between cultures. Sharing reflective essays and observations from an African living in Japan.
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I Collected Random Pictures From the Internet — And They Said More About Us Than I Expected
Sometimes the internet gives more than memes. It gives mirrors. Today, I scrolled. I clicked. I paused at a handful of random images that grabbed my attention. Some are riddles. Some are illusions. Some are questions that feel simple, until you think about them over again.
By Lori A. A.29 days ago in Humans
The Hidden Cost of Applause: When Success Comes at the Expense of Your True Self
We often praise people for being emotionally strong, but we rarely ask who they are being strong for. I learned the hard way that strength without boundaries is not really strength.
By Lori A. A.about a month ago in Humans
ELIAS!
At eighty, Elias discovered that silence weighs heavily sometimes. It weighs on the chest. It fills every room. It lingers long after footsteps should have come back. Silence, he realized too late, isn’t just the absence of sound. It is everything that never returned.
By Lori A. A.about a month ago in Fiction
The Rules That Kept the House Quiet
I didn’t know about the rules at first. I only noticed that she moved through motherhood like someone walking across ice: slow, deliberate, always listening for cracks. She was careful, but it didn’t look gentle. Her carefulness felt more like holding something in.
By Lori A. A.2 months ago in Fiction
3:17 A.M.
No one noticed the pattern at first. People rarely question a notification that wakes them in the middle of the night. They swipe, squint at the screen, maybe curse softly, then roll over and forget. That’s what made it work. That’s why it spread so quickly.
By Lori A. A.2 months ago in Fiction
