I feel very privileged to have been part of this team and this assignment. We all shared and were so blessed to receive some very real and raw stories. There was a lot of processing throughout this process; that is to say, at times it really did feel like a group therapy experience, so we decided to just lean into that with the ending of the piece being set up in a sharing circle-esque space. It became clear early on in the idea generation stage, that we needed to find a way to honor the limbo stages of our lives: to recognize that they happen and we can learn from them even though they are difficult. Initially I was tempted to put a more carefree spin on my stories. I've lived a bit more life than my classmates, and I try to avoid stepping over, disillusioning, or not taking them seriously. Because we are all living a lot right now, and concerns that will seem small later, don't feel that way right now. So I don't want to dwell too much on my own experience or make it s...