Three somethings, actually—my siblings who, though congratulated for their achievements, often neglect, albeit unintentionally and especially with my dad deployed in Afghanistan, to recognize the (critical, application-completing) time I spend helping them study for their tests, fielding basketballs...
Monday, April 1, 2019
Friday, December 28, 2018
Book Banning is Not the Answer
Book Banning is Not the Answer
From the outright banishment of Shel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic for encouraging children to “break rather than wash” their dishes to the rise of “sensitivity readers” as an integral...
Monday, December 10, 2018
Intersection-Sitting and Other Problems
I hate driving. All of it. As if it helps, I never drive with the radio on, always under the speed limit, and make more unnecessary stops than there are cars in downtown’s infamous, always-overflooded-but-I’ll-still-go-look-to-see-if-there’s-a-spot...
Friday, July 13, 2018
Of Oldest and Eldest Siblings
“Are you the oldest?”, a woman interrogates, exaggeratedly gesturing in my direction.
Amused, I glance at my siblings and chirp, “Yep,” before leading my siblings away.
Of the many questions my siblings and...
Monday, June 25, 2018
Just a Garage
It’s nothing special. Really, it’s just like every other garage. It’s crowded, cluttered, and anyone who dares enter to look for something always leaves carrying something else. And though its contents have...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Open Letter to Jennifer Lawrence
My dear, Jennifer Mockingjay Lawrence,
You truly are “The Girl on Fire”. I have never known someone to fall down so often and so gracefully, but when you do, the revolution in Panem isn’t the only thing “catching fire”....
Thursday, August 3, 2017
The DMV, The Happiest Place on Earth
Write about how you started driving (or why you don't).
It was only two months ago that I passed the written driving exam and obtained my learner's permit. Considering I turned sixteen in November of 2016, I discovered that...
