



There’s two reasons to go to Iceland: the Aurora Borealis, and Riley Blue. One is a natural phenomenon so beautiful it will blow your mind… and the other is just some pretty light in the sky.
That locker room might have made my father the man that he is, but it also made me the woman that I am. After that, I quit the swim club. I quit trying to fit in, trying to be one of them. I knew I never would be. But more importantly, I didn’t want to be. Their violence was petty and ignorant, but ultimately, it was true to who they were.