EVERY HOOFPRINT

What I have with my pets is a bond that goes beyond words. My car drives down the road near my house and my cat senses I’m nearby. She...

Photos by Elisa Broche @eyesofeg When I first met Sydney, she was tucked into her own little world: a beanie pulled low, a hood covering...

Dear Diary, When I was a little girl, my father was my hero. I admired him more than anyone in my little world. He was everything to me....

I flirted with failure and it became my first ever talking stage. It wasn’t my intention, but it happened. What started out as casual...

It’s 2:11 a.m. and I’m lying awake, thinking about the Goldilocks Zone. The narrow space where life can exist. Earth sits perfectly in that balance. Too close to the sun and we’d burn, too far and we’d freeze. Maybe our lives have Goldilocks Zones too. Moments where things line up just right. Not forced, not delayed. Just… right.

“I am never going to have children.” That’s what I always said — until I started working at a before-school program with my mom. What began as a job I took just for the money turned into the best part of my day, as the kids slowly won me over and taught me that caring for them didn’t mean losing my freedom... it meant finding purpose.

Mural above APNH check-in desk. Credit - Patch Bowen, Horseshoe Magazine 2025 Early into Hartford Healthcare’s partnership with the...

It’s 2:03 a.m. My window is cracked open, and the longer I stay up, the more I lose precious sleep time. Still, my thoughts keep me...

When I’m alone in my car, the world melts away. I crank the music, the bass shakes the seats, and for a little while, I’m free to just be myself.

or the first time at a concert without my phone, I saw the stage not a sea of screens. Nearly 14,000 eyes focused on the band, the crowd connected in ways no recording could capture, and I realized some memories are meant to be lived, not filmed.

“In Connecticut, we don’t inject politics into private family medical decisions, and we don’t let adults bully our kids. It’s that simple.”

If you’re a freshman stepping off that plane with a suitcase in one hand and dreams in the other, welcome. You’re a Global Charger carrying not just textbooks, but your culture, your memories, and your hopes across borders. This will be the hardest and the best time of your life, and you are stronger than you think.