When I graduated college, I married my husband and we had children right away. I’ve been a mother half my life (and of course I’ll never stop being one) but now my kids are grown up, and they just don’t need me as much. I’m at the beginning of my “next phase” in life, and it’s a […]
The Lady in the School Office
She’s behind her big counter, which is really her desk, and you say hello. Pleasant and polite she is, despite the hectic craziness and the hustle and bustle of a morning inside a school office. Children asking questions, dropping off notes. Someone forgot his lunch, another, her homework. One is crying, and another one has a stomachache, but […]
The Legendary Styrofoam Cooler Conniption of 1974
You feel it. You’re getting warm, and you begin to simmer. As the heat rises, you try to push it back. You take deep breaths, and you count to ten. You walk outside. But, despite your best efforts to squash it, your blood boils over, and you just can’t take it anymore. You’ve rolled yourself […]
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