US Represented

Eric Stephenson

Eric Stephenson served in Alpha Company, 2/75th Ranger Battalion from 1982 to 1987. He has taught English at various colleges and universities since 1998 and is the publisher and editor-in-chief of US Represented, as well as a contributing writer.

Worry

There’s a difference between doing things and worrying about them. Sometimes, we feed on worry like it’s our only nourishment. Worry is just another mind virus, replicating itself in endless iterations of fear and doubt, erasing the beauty of the moment.

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The Squatters

Olivia Anderson had recently returned to Bridgeport, Illinois after a year of living in Budapest, and she needed a place to live. She was tired of tugging at the end of her parents’ leash and wanted to choose her own path in life. This meant paying for her own apartment. Her best friend Emma Chase had been earning her own

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