Licked
“No one leaves here unsuccessful”. I committed this gym phrase to memory. I repeated the words to myself beneath the fluorescent...
April Showers
Walking between the raindrops. To be lucky. To be strategic. To be spared. April weather is supposed to be rainy. If it had been...
No Direction
I have vacation left, more than I thought. The realization was the sigh of damp spring air. The days needed to be spent by early summer....
Make Your Own Bubble (Solution)
I plan for a summer story series and we select themes. Beauty. Communication. Wellness. Nature. I attend a young adult social justice...
Does the World Break? Or Fold?
Spring was here, but I remained too passive. I felt it in my eyes that were tired only from staring at whatever Netflix said was 'for...
Recipes with Chocolate
The first time I made my sister-in-law chocolate chocolate chip cookies, I hadn’t been sure exactly how. I used what was in the...