“Sweetie, go grab me my teeth will ya?” Granny yelled. I visited Jean, my great grandmother, every single day when I was staying with my grandmother in Illinois for two weeks. My grandmother urged me to go spend time with her, but to be honest, my idea of a good time in Illinois wasn’t to […]
Date: July 6th, 2021
Bright lights, high ceilings, gold sculptures, light-up fountains, marble floors, Persian rugs. A plethora of people; women swanning their elegant evening gowns and men sporting their tailored suits – waiting. Waiting for the doors of the theatre in the MGM Grand to open. The performance was going to be a magic show – a night […]
Date: July 6th, 2021
I watched the buildings pass by my window. They were the same, never changing buildings I had seen before, but because it was October, the colors were just that much greyer. The giant navy blue middle school doors were propped open by an uninterested boy in baggy pants and his heavy backpack resting on the […]
Date: July 5th, 2021
The universal question “who am I?” comes up in every college application I’ve come across. The counselors tell me they want to know who I am, beyond my not so excellent grades and my less than spectacular SAT scores. There is not some heart throbbing story on why I didn’t do as well as I […]
Date: July 5th, 2021
Families and friends coalesce along the seashore, reclining on colorful, over sized picnic blankets, clambering on their hands and knees around mounds of elaborate, toppling sand castles, and jovially splashing and teasing each other in the frolicking surf. Great tricolored umbrellas stand idly to the side, neglected, forgotten, and useless. Their white rusty trunks are […]
Date: July 4th, 2021
Have you ever had a secret so huge and heart breaking? You lied about it to hide the truth from others, especially your parents. Some secrets can be painful or a surprise to others. I think my mom knew my secret but was in denial and was waiting for me to say it. Besides, since […]
Date: July 2nd, 2021
A Call of Heart The last thing I ever wanted to do was be a teacher. Sure, as a little girl I lined up my dolls and handed out homemade worksheets for them to do, but once I reached middle school my dreams grew much larger. At first I wanted to be a lawyer, I […]
Date: July 2nd, 2021
