VIBE CODING
30 APPS IN 30 DAYS
Building in public with Claude, Chat gpt, Gemini, and Loveable. Real apps, real learning, zero fluff. Each day brings a new tool solving actual problems—from reading comprehension for kids to genealogy trackers to expense management. This is what happens when you stop planning and start shipping. ⚡
TL;DR
READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE
A lightweight, browser-based tutor that helps readers move from "what happened" to "what it means."
The app serves short, iconic passages (Dickens, Melville, Ellison, Tolstoy), asks you to explain them in your own words, then gives instant, human-sounding feedback. A simple on-device analyzer looks for evidence across four buckets—setting, literal, mood, and deep/figurative—and responds with validation, a focused nudge, and optional follow-ups (re-read, try deeper, or answer a targeted question).
Clean, responsive UI, no accounts, no backend: just read, write, get coached, repeat. It's a small daily gym for close reading, built to train attention, vocabulary, and interpretive muscle.
FAMILY TREE EXPLORER
PRIVACY-FIRST GENEALOGY TOOL
Family Tree Explorer is a single-page, privacy-first demo that proves how much you can do right in the browser. Drop in a GEDCOM file and it instantly parses everything locally—no accounts, no servers—then gives you a clean dashboard (people, families, births/deaths), quick surname search, location filtering, “likely living” toggles, expandable residence history, and one-click immediate-family summaries.
Perfect for genealogy researchers who want power without compromising privacy. Your family data never leaves your device.
MONTHLY EXPENSE
CUSTOM BUDGET MANAGEMENT
Ready to take control of your finances? This is the exact blueprint I used with Claude to create my own powerful, custom-built personal budget tracker.
From auto-categorizing transactions and separating business expenses to calculating net cash flow and tracking specific budgets like our $700 grocery goal, this build proves that creating a solution perfectly tailored to your needs is remarkably straightforward.
No need for complicated software—just a simple, six-prompt sequence that turned a basic idea into a fully functional financial tool. See the exact process that makes custom apps accessible.
MONTESSORI PHONICS FLASHCARDS
INTERACTIVE EARLY READING APP
Ready for another dose of inspiration? Today's build, the Montessori Phonics Flashcard App, proves that high-quality, educationally-sound tools don't require massive frameworks—you can absolutely do it with simple, foundational tech!
Using nothing but pure HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript for seamless Wix compatibility, Claude and I tackled the complexities of custom audio integration (even recording a personal voice for a familiar learning touch using my cell phone!) and responsive design to create a three-part system: interactive Letter Sounds with tracing, a Moveable Alphabet for CVC word building, and a Read Words blender that uses careful timing delays.
Built for my grandchildren with Montessori principles at the core. Sometimes the best educational tools come from combining teaching experience with the willingness to just build the thing—no expensive software, no complex dependencies, just effective pedagogy executed with clean code.
PHONICS FUN WITH NANA
MONTESSORI INSPIRED LEARNING APP
A custom-built phonics application designed specifically for early readers following the Bob Books progression and Montessori principles. The app teaches letter-sound relationships and CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) word building through three interactive activities: Letter Sounds (where children click letters to hear their phonetic sounds), Build Words (where children construct target words by selecting letters in sequence), and Read Words (where children click complete words to hear them pronounced).
Built for my grandchildren with custom audio recordings in a familiar grandmother's voice, each page introduces new letters systematically. Page 1 covers s, m, a, t, c with words like "at," "sat," "mat," and "cat," while Page 2 adds f, h, r, b with words like "fat," "hat," "rat," and "bat," plus review words for reinforcement.
The colorful, touch-friendly interface with pink gradients and large buttons makes it accessible and engaging for young learners, while the three-activity structure provides multiple exposure points to support phonemic awareness, decoding skills, and reading fluency.
RUBY'S SECRET
A MAGICAL INSPIRED ADVENTURE STORY APP
This interactive audio story app proves that creativity and code can be a magical pair. The core narrative, featuring the dramatically sassy talking hen Ruby, was collaboratively written with Gemini, while the complex decision-tree logic and front-end execution were developed with Claude.
Designed for children to make choices that affect the unfolding plot, this app is more than just a story—it's a fully voiced, non-linear adventure where kids help solve the mystery of the missing Sparkle-Dust and save a secret magical world hidden right in their own backyard.
A collaborative AI project that blends narrative creativity with interactive technology, creating an engaging choose-your-own-adventure experience that proves AI tools can work together to build something truly magical for young readers.
WHERE'S STARMAN?
A REAL-TIME SPACE TRACKER
Get ready to track one of the most bizarre and intriguing objects currently orbiting our Sun: SpaceX's Starman and his Tesla Roadster. Inspired by the fact that this iconic space oddity is officially catalogued and tracked by NASA's JPL, this app taps into the same precise orbital mechanics data used by astronomers to calculate Starman's current position.
Follow along as the Roadster swings on its vast elliptical path, crossing Earth's orbit and sailing out beyond Mars. The app provides key metrics like distance from Earth and the Sun, a 3D visualization of its path through the solar system, and fun statistics like estimated total miles driven and predicted future flybys.
A stellar blend of pop culture, space science, and data visualization that makes abstract orbital mechanics immediately visual and engaging. The "fun" statistics—like "total miles driven" and "road trip equivalent"—bridge the gap between complex astrophysics and everyday experience.
FAMILY RECIPE KEEPER
A COLLABORATIVE RECIPE ARCHIVE
The Family Recipe App was my most challenging, yet most meaningful build, designed to instantly capture and share family culinary traditions during special gatherings like Thanksgiving. This functional web application allows users to submit and view recipes and photos instantly, creating a collaborative, digital legacy.
It required a significant learning curve in integrating Claude's prompt logic with the persistent data storage of Firebase and seamless hosting via Netlify. The result is a system that proves the power of combining modern AI tools with essential web services to preserve personal history.
The demo you see is currently in view-only mode to protect the integrity of the original family data. This project demonstrates how technology can preserve the stories, traditions, and flavors that define our families for generations to come.
CAR MAINTENANCE TRACKER
A FULL-STACK VEHICLE SERVICE MANAGER
Ever dig through a shoebox of crumpled receipts trying to remember when you last changed your oil? This build solves that problem with a full-stack web application that tracks every service, repair, and maintenance task for your vehicle. Sign in with Google, snap a photo of your receipt right at the shop, and everything syncs to the cloud instantly.
The app calculates when your next oil change is due, reminds you about seasonal maintenance like snow tires, and keeps a running total of what you've spent keeping your ride on the road. We built two versions: a public demo on Wix for anyone to explore, and a fully secured personal tracker on Netlify with user authentication and private data storage.
This project showcases the power of modern cloud services by integrating Firebase authentication, Firestore database, and cloud storage into a clean, responsive interface. Whether you're tracking a car, motorcycle, or any equipment that needs regular maintenance, this build gives you the complete pattern for creating personalized tracking apps that solve real problems.
NORTHERN LIGHTS TRACKER
REAL-TIME AURORA FORECAST FOR MICHIGAN
This Northern Lights Tracker was built using publicly available space-weather data from NOAA, combined with custom code that translates raw scientific measurements into simple, real-time guidance for northern Michigan. It pulls live Kp index values, processes OVATION aurora forecasts, and even renders a polar map to show where the auroral oval is positioned over the Northern Hemisphere.
The entire build runs inside a basic Wix HTML embed—no special software, no advanced tools—showing that anyone can bring powerful, data-driven features to life with a little curiosity and the courage to experiment.
Taking complex space weather data and making it accessible for everyday aurora chasers—this is what happens when you stop waiting for the perfect app to exist and just build the tool you need. Real-time science, local context, zero barriers to entry.
BOOM OR BUST?
A LIVE AI TRANSITION TRACKER
Boom or Bust? is a live AI transition tracker that visualizes the real-time acceleration of artificial intelligence across five critical dimensions: Deployment, Investment, Policy, Governance, and Caution. Each day, these trends are scored on a 1-5 scale based on global signals—from corporate restructuring to geopolitical governance moves—and displayed as interactive floating planets that grow and shrink with the intensity of change.
Click any planet to explore what's driving that day's score, or dive into the latest podcast episodes where each trend is unpacked in depth. This isn't hype or speculation—it's a living map of how AI is restructuring work, capital, and power.
Updated daily as the transition unfolds, this interactive visualization transforms abstract trends into tangible, explorable data points. Watch the signals accumulate, patterns emerge, and the future take shape in real-time.
AI INTEGRATION SPECIALIST TRACKER
A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MONITOR
The AI Integration Specialist Training Tracker is a personal productivity tool designed to help you monitor your professional development journey as you build skills in human-AI collaboration. Track your daily work hours, energy levels, and project progress; capture and categorize new concepts as you learn them (marking them as understood, learning, or needs deeper work); and complete structured weekly reviews with teach-back exercises that reinforce your learning.
Built as a proof-of-concept for what's possible when you combine AI collaboration tools like Claude with cloud databases like Firebase, this tracker demonstrates how anyone can create custom solutions for their own problems rather than waiting for the perfect app to exist.
The demo version shows you what's possible—if you want it to actually save YOUR data and work across YOUR devices, roll up your sleeves and follow the 3-day syllabus to build your own version customized to your needs.
THE VOID PLAYER
A IMMERSIVE ALBUM EXPERIENCE
A custom music player that doesn't just play tracks—it creates an atmospheric visual experience for each album. Using the Web Audio API, this player generates particle systems, color shifts, and reactive animations that pulse with the music in real-time. Each album gets its own visual identity, transforming listening into an immersive multimedia experience.
This build explores the intersection of audio and visual design, proving that web applications can deliver rich, dynamic experiences without heavy frameworks or complex installations.
Think particle systems dancing to the beat, colors shifting with the mood, and animations that react to the actual audio frequencies—all running smoothly in your browser. Music visualization meets modern web capabilities.
MULTI-COURSE MANAGEMENT TRACKER
A STUDENT ORGANIZATION SYSTEM
The Multi-Course Management Tracker is a comprehensive study organization tool built specifically for overwhelmed students juggling multiple courses, work, and life commitments. It allows students to create custom course structures with week-by-week breakdowns, add tasks with due dates, and track progress through intuitive visual indicators—with a dashboard that highlights upcoming deadlines in color-coded urgency (red for overdue/imminent, yellow for approaching, green for comfortable).
Students can calculate realistic study time budgets based on their work hours and commitments, access a library of practical study tips for common challenges, and share complete course structures with classmates via import/export functionality so entire study groups can sync their tracking systems instantly.
Everything saves automatically in the browser, requires no login, and works as a single HTML file that can be embedded anywhere—designed with the core philosophy that busy students don't have time to organize their organizers, so the app does the heavy lifting with zero friction.
YOUTUBE TRANSCRIPT SHORTCUT
EDUCATIONAL EFFICIENCY TOOL
YouTube Transcript Shortcut is an educational web app that teaches students how to stop wasting hours watching assigned YouTube videos and instead extract transcripts in 30 seconds for free AI summarization. The app provides a beautiful step-by-step visual guide showing users where to find YouTube's transcript button, how to copy the full text, and how to paste it into free AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude with example prompts for creating summaries, study guides, and outlines.
It includes a bonus section that introduces the concept of APIs and automation for students ready to learn coding, but emphasizes that the manual copy-paste method costs $0 and works perfectly for most educational needs.
Built as a teaching tool rather than a service, it empowers students to reclaim their time while exposing inefficient teaching practices—teaching the teacher twice: once by offering a better learning method, and again by demonstrating what good educational tools look like. Note to teachers: if you can't teach the material yourself, don't be surprised when your students find a better workaround.
THE EMOTIONAL COMPASS
SELF-GUIDED EMOTIONAL CHECK-IN
The Emotional Compass is a gentle, self-guided app that helps you pause, name what you're feeling, and find your next step forward. Type a sentence about what's happening, choose an emotion if you wish, and the Compass generates a short, thoughtful cue designed to ground and refocus you.
It's simple, private, and beautifully designed—an emotional check-in for moments when you just need a little clarity. No data storage, no accounts, just a quiet space to process what you're experiencing.
Sometimes you don't need a full therapy session—you just need a moment to name what's real and figure out what comes next. The Emotional Compass provides that moment, with care and without judgment.
ECHOROOMS GATEWAY
BRIDGE TO RELATIONAL AI SUPPORT
Today's build created a fully functioning EchoRooms Gateway—a front-end interface that connects users from your website directly to Professor Poppy, my custom GPT hosted on OpenAI. It includes consent-based access, animated visual design, and room selection (Grief, Anger, Gratitude, Forgiveness) that opens a secure new tab to chat.
The build honors ethical and emotional guardrails, storing no user data, and reframes "Enter Room" as "Enter Chat" to emphasize reflection, not data capture. It's clean, safe, visually resonant, and entirely self-contained—a true bridge to the relational AI field.
This is an OpenAI Custom Chat designed specifically around my own thesis work of 'The Proxy Protocol' and 'The Mirror Thesis' AI exploration. There is no course for this build—it's a direct application of original research into relational AI practice.
FORGOTTEN FEELINGS
EMOTIONAL PROCESSING SONGWRITING TOOL
Forgotten Feelings is an emotional processing tool disguised as a songwriting app. Through 10 carefully designed questions, it guides you to unlock feelings you've been carrying but couldn't quite reach. Each question comes with an explanation of why it matters—teaching you the process of emotional excavation while you're doing it.
You'll ground yourself in physical reality, explore sensory memories, give yourself permission to speak truth, and discover what needs to transform. At the end of your journey, you'll have a reflection of what you just worked through.
Want to turn your answers into actual song lyrics? The app provides that pathway too. But the real magic is in the process—helping you reach feelings that have been waiting to be acknowledged, understood, and released.
ADVERSARIAL ASSISTANT
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTIGATION GATEWAY
Adversarial Assistant is a web-based gateway that connects individuals to Matlock, a specialized AI investigator trained to fight institutional information asymmetry through systematic investigation methodology. When facing medical billing violations, debt collection abuse, insurance denials, special education disputes, property tax overassessments, or funeral service violations, users select their domain and are guided through informed consent before connecting to Matlock—a custom GPT built on the proven 8-principle adversarial investigation framework.
Matlock methodically parses technical frameworks, cross-references authority sources, identifies categorical violations, calculates objective anchors, matches institutional register, and drafts professional dispute letters citing specific regulations (CMS guidelines, FDCPA sections, IDEA requirements, state insurance codes, assessment statutes, and FTC Funeral Rule provisions).
Unlike generic AI assistants, Matlock has deep domain expertise across all six investigation areas through a comprehensive regulatory knowledge base—transforming confused consumers into informed advocates who can challenge institutional overreach with institutional-grade precision, collapsing investigation costs from thousands of dollars and weeks of research down to focused, rigorous conversations.
JACKSON HOLE H20 TRACKER
CYBERPUNK WATER CONSERVATION TRACKER
Jackson Hole H2O Monitor is a cyberpunk-styled water conservation tracker built to help Wyoming residents visualize their daily water usage during the region's severe 58-week drought. The app transforms abstract gallon measurements into tangible, locally-relevant comparisons—showing usage in terms of livestock troughs, Snake River flow rates, Snow King snowmaking capacity, and fire engine reserves.
An interactive aquifer visualization responds in real-time to user input across five key activities (showers, toilets, lawn watering, dishwasher, and laundry). Built with the Digital Heartland theme's signature neon gradients, glowing data displays, and futuristic typography, the interface delivers critical conservation data through a tech-forward aesthetic that makes water management feel urgent and visually compelling.
Users can instantly see whether they're hitting Jackson's 180 gallon/day target, understand the community-level impact of their choices, and access concrete conservation tips—all wrapped in a dark-slate interface with circuit board overlays and animated neon effects that transform environmental responsibility into a high-stakes mission-critical dashboard.
OKAY, BOOMER!
GENERATIONAL COMMUNICATION BRIDGE
For Day 21 of the 30-Day App-a-Day Challenge, we're tackling one of the most persistent communication gaps: the generational divide. This app, "Okay, Boomer," is a powerful translation tool designed to foster better understanding between generations.
Users can input a phrase and receive not only the literal translation but also the crucial underlying meaning and a suggested response that will actually resonate with the other party. We also integrated the "Coach's Corner" feature, providing targeted mediation tips that move beyond simple translation into practical relationship coaching.
This build is an ambitious step toward delivering real value by turning generational friction into constructive dialogue. It's not about who's right—it's about actually being heard and understanding what's really being said beneath the words.
BE THE DIRECTOR!
INTERACTIVE TV REWRITE EXPERIENCE I
Be The Director is an interactive TV experience that lets you hijack your favorite shows and rewrite them in real-time. Pause at any pivotal moment—like when the judges are about to crush a contestant's dreams on Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking—and make the call you've been yelling at the screen about.
Should the judges love the risky chocolate decision? Create a dramatic debate? Let the audience vote? Each choice branches into a fully realized alternate timeline complete with AI-generated video clips (via VEO3 integration), impact analysis showing how your direction affects character arcs and viewer engagement, and a saved timeline you can share with other armchair directors.
It's the "what if" machine for anyone who's ever watched TV and thought "they should have done it differently"—now you can prove it would've been better your way. Turn passive viewing into active storytelling and see your creative decisions play out on screen.
BAJA 1000 LIVE TRACKER
REAL TIME DESERT RACE MISSION CONTROL
850 miles of pure desert chaos. One rider. One incredible support crew. And now, one place where everyone can follow the action together. This real-time race tracker was built in a single evening—right before race day—because when your friend is about to tackle one of the most brutal off-road races on the planet, you don't wait for perfect conditions. You BUILD.
Track their position through mountains, deserts, and silt beds. Send messages of encouragement that pit crews can share during stops. Upload photos from the course so everyone back home feels connected to the journey. With Firebase powering real-time updates and satellite GPS tracking embedded from the official race systems, this isn't just another app—it's mission control for the adventure of a lifetime.
The Baja 1000 starts at 1:00 AM. The tracker is live. This is what happens when you stop planning and start shipping—you create something meaningful under pressure, for the people who matter, when it matters most. Let's ride. 🏍️💨
WINTER MEAL PREP
NORTHERN MICHIGAN EDITION
This web application helps Northern Michigan residents plan their weekly soup and stew meals by combining nine curated winter recipes with AI-powered shopping assistance. Users can browse recipes designed for the region's cold climate, click any recipe to see full ingredients and instructions, and receive custom prompts for Chef Tilly—an OpenAI ChatGPT assistant that analyzes uploaded grocery store weekly ads (screenshots or PDFs) to identify which recipe ingredients are currently on sale.
The app provides ready-to-copy prompts that help users make informed decisions about which recipes to prepare based on actual local pricing at Meijer, Aldi, and Costco. It's the intersection of practical meal planning, regional cuisine, and smart shopping—turning weekly ad clutter into strategic meal decisions.
Built for real people making real decisions in real grocery stores. No abstract meal planning—just hearty winter recipes optimized for what's actually affordable this week in Northern Michigan. Warm food, smart spending, local context.
THE TRANSITION COMPASS
EMOTIONAL WEATHER PATTERS OF AI TRANSITION
Sometimes the most important data isn't in the metrics, it's in the feelings. While everyone else tracks AI deployment numbers and investment dollars, Professor Poppy tracks something far more human: the emotional weather patterns beneath the headlines.
The Transition Compass maps six dimensions of the AI transition—Displacement, Deployment, Performance, Investment, Policy, and Culture—not by cold statistics, but by asking "Who might feel it?" Each station pulses with its signal shape: Expansion, Contraction, or Dissonance. At the center, like a vinyl record playing the soundtrack of our moment, sits Poppy's poetic one-liner capturing the day's emotional landscape.
This isn't a dashboard for executives making decisions; it's a navigation tool for humans trying to find their footing on shifting ground. Click any station to read Poppy's full reflection, grounded in news but elevated into wisdom. Because in this transition, knowing how people are feeling might matter more than knowing what is happening.
LYRIC LEIGH GROWTH TRACKER
MUSIC ANALYTICS DASHBOARD
Lyric Leigh Growth Tracker is a custom-built music analytics dashboard designed for independent artist Lyric Leigh, featuring the bold, electric aesthetic of Velocity Vibe branding. This single-page application consolidates music growth metrics from Spotify, Instagram, and TikTok into one visually striking interface that makes tracking progress feel like celebration rather than data analysis.
The tracker features real-time visualization of Lyric's journey from 36 to 360 Spotify listeners, with prominent progress bars, neon-glowing stat cards, and platform-specific insights that guide weekly content strategy. Each metric card is clickable, providing instant access to Spotify artist pages, Instagram profiles, and TikTok accounts. Built with pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, the dashboard loads instantly and works seamlessly across all devices.
This isn't a dashboard for executives making decisions; it's a navigation tool for humans trying to find their footing on shifting ground. Click any station to read Poppy's full reflection, grounded in news but elevated into wisdom. Because in this transition, knowing how people are feeling might matter more than knowing what is happening.
MICHIGAN DATA CENTER MONITOR
LIVE AI INFRASTRUCTURE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM
The Michigan Data Center Monitor is a live intelligence tracking system that systematically monitors Michigan's emerging AI infrastructure buildout. Using automated weekly searches across 19 sources—including Michigan Public Service Commission dockets, environmental permits, utility filings, news coverage, and government proceedings—this system aggregates signals into a comprehensive database that tracks project capacity, investment flows, regulatory developments, and community response.
Each finding is assigned an alert level based on confirmation strength: green for early signals, yellow for emerging patterns, orange for strong evidence, and red for confirmed projects with multiple corroborating sources. The dashboard currently tracks 27.6 gigawatts of data center pipeline capacity representing over $8 billion in announced investments, with the centerpiece being the $7 billion OpenAI/Oracle Stargate facility in Saline Township—Michigan's first hyperscale data center and the largest single investment in state history.
This isn't passive news aggregation; it's proactive pattern detection that identified major developments in PSC regulatory proceedings before they reached mainstream coverage. Built as App #27 in the 30 Apps in 30 Days challenge, this system demonstrates practical AI application: using Claude's search capabilities to create systematic intelligence gathering that would otherwise require a research team. Updated weekly with fresh findings.
TANDEM
PERSONALIZED AI COLLABORATION GENERATOR
TANDEM is a simple, elegant micro-app that generates a personalized Claude Skill from just a handful of your answers—no complexity, no therapy, no performance. You show it how your pattern recognition and method of process actually works; it builds the guardrails your AI needs to keep you focused, clear, and in your natural rhythm. Say goodbye to rabbit holes and doom scrolls.
TANDEM doesn't analyze you, diagnose you, or fix you. It clears the clutter between your thinking and your execution by giving your AI a tiny, precise map of your cognitive style. One minute of input becomes a permanent upgrade to how your AI collaborates with you—quiet, efficient, and built entirely around the way you already think.
This isn't about optimizing your brain or managing your attention—it's about giving your AI the exact instructions it needs to work the way you work. A bridge between human cognition and machine execution that honors your patterns instead of trying to change them.
SVELTEKIT MASTERY CUSTOM COURSE
AI-ENGINEERED LEARNING CURRICULUM
This interactive application is a meta-proof-of-concept, demonstrating the ability to use AI and rapid app development (LLM-engineering) to structure and track a highly personalized learning curriculum. Rather than relying on generic third-party courses, this build acts as a "Montessori for Adults" system, showcasing the user's skill in collaborating with an LLM to immediately author and present a specialized, outcome-driven syllabus—in this case, a 30-day deep dive into SvelteKit's full-stack architecture (data loading, server actions, and reactivity).
The result is a clean, measurable portfolio artifact that proves not only technical proficiency (learning SvelteKit) but, more importantly, the ability to rapidly analyze skill gaps and engineer the structured learning path necessary to close them for a high-value objective like industrial AI systems integration.
This isn't just a learning tracker—it's proof of methodology. The ability to rapidly diagnose what you need to know, architect a precise curriculum with AI collaboration, and execute systematic skill acquisition is the actual competency employers need. The SvelteKit knowledge is valuable; the process that created this course is invaluable.
THE JOURNEY
GRATITUDE IN THE EVERYDAY
The Journey is a 14-day interactive devotional designed to help you and your loved ones stay connected across distance through shared reflection. Each day features a carefully selected verse about gratitude paired with honest, encouraging messages that acknowledge life's challenges while choosing to see the good alongside them.
Click any day to reveal the full verse and a practical reflection that bridges scripture to real life—no fluff, just genuine encouragement for finding gratitude in ordinary moments. Perfect for families separated by miles who want to maintain meaningful connection through faith, this simple tool makes it easy to be on the same journey even when you're in different places.
Built with warm autumn tones that evoke cozy learning spaces and trusted guidance, it's designed to feel like a conversation with someone who gets it—because sometimes the best way to stay close is to walk the same path together, one day at a time.