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What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?

We wake up, get work, go back home and rinse and repeat – or at least it feels that way sometimes.  In truth, there are a million moments in between where we interact with others and we can’t help but wonder what folks will think about us once we aren’t showing up, perhaps once we are gone. Some very thoughtful members of the community share their thoughts on this with us below.

Ayden Castellanos

I hope people are inspired to keep telling stories. What I’m doing is not new. I am participating in the long-standing tradition of oral story telling. My contribution to it is bringing it to a digital space with my own spin on it. I hope that inspires people. To keep preserving culture and connecting on a level of fear. Sometimes, it’s fun to be scared! Read more >>>

Benjamin Medina

I hope the story people tell when I’m gone is that I stayed true to myself, that I transformed my struggles into art, and that I opened doors for others to do the same. Read more >>>

Fai Chan

I wanted people to remember me as that I always walk behind the universe and that just like Ruth that I am there to pick up leftovers….. Read more >>>

Derek Florea

He was an amazing lover and nobody has ever satisfied me the way he did. He was part dragon mixed with Batman.’ You know, the truth. Read more >>>

Jason Murff

That I didn’t just talk—I executed. That I took a bad hand, played it hard, and built something that mattered. I want people to say I created opportunity where there wasn’t any. That I took the discipline and grit the military gave me and turned it into a business that didn’t just make money—it made impact. Read more >>>

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