Apricot
I bought you an outfit. It’s a hat shaped like a fox head with bottoms that have a little crocheted fox tail. It’s the cutest thing. I got mad at myself yesterday because I keep forgetting to give it to
Category: Essays
The start of the story
I know you want to know my story. You’re curious, you’re only human. I’m not sure how many times I have to say it: this isn’t about me. But I get it. Reader, you seem trustworthy. You’re not like everyone
Remembering Rieba
Olive skin. Slender fingers adorned with rings. And long painted fingernails, click clacking against a table top. Rieba always wore one of two outfits: Swishy pants and over-sized sweatshirts with cute graphics on the front, like kittens in a basket of
Dear Lilly
Dear Lilly, There are going to be several points in your life when you feel like you do not belong. Embrace these moments. Do not listen to the people who pat you on the head and tell you not to
Veterans’ Day
I lost my grandpa Swede the day after my 22nd birthday. I remember when my phone rang. I was driving to the airport to visit to NYC for the first time. I knew exactly what happened when I heard my