Kate Sjostrand 7/14/26 Kate Sjostrand 7/14/26

I'm Next

A slow grocery-store checkout line shouldn’t become a test of human decency, but apparently that’s where we are. One woman thought I looked intimidating. Another thought she could maneuver around me and jump ahead. She was wrong.

Sometimes fairness is simple: if you were there first, you’re next.

Kate Sjostrand 7/8/26 Kate Sjostrand 7/8/26

Waiting

Life has a funny way of forcing us to slow down. What was supposed to be a ten-day motorcycle adventure across the Southwest became a lesson in patience, postponed dreams, and realizing that sometimes the road isn't saying "no", it's just saying "not yet."