Stories matter. Stories can inspire responses, reinventions, and revolutions. Stories help us make sense of the world; they're the calm throughline in an otherwise chaotic human existence. Stories humanize us, ground us, connect us to one another. Stories are the banners we carry in times of triumph, but most especially in moments of defeat.

There is nothing more human than telling a story.

And we could all use a little more humanity these days, don't you think?