Childhood.
Learning to be. Learning to stand.
Learning to read. Holding Mom’s hand.
First day of school. No turning back.
Do I still need a nap?
Adolescence.
Noticing him, noticing me.
Chaste kiss. Trembling hands.
Out of control. Off goes the light.
Am I doing it right?
New Adulthood.
Graduation. Celebration.
Commencement. Real world education.
Hard knocks. Easy-life temptation.
Where am I ev...
Sitting in her minivan in the grocery store parking lot, she felt anchored to the drivers seat. She knew she had to muster the will to go inside. Her to-do list has no bottom. But right now? She was just going to sit there, all alone in deafening but glorious silence. How long could I sit here, she wondered, without rousing suspicion about what’s taking her so long to get back home.
Meanwhile, he...