Entries 14

Page 1 of 1

Last night we went to pick up my mother from the airport, and the whole trip felt like a test of patience and nerves. It started with discovering that only one headlight worked. Add rain and fog...

---

My mother keeps five or six hummingbird feeders scattered throughout the yard, and she refills them constantly—sometimes several times a day. Since she’s been away visiting her family for almost...

---

We dropped my mother off at the airport early this morning. I joked that we left her like a rolled-up newspaper being mailed away, though the truth wasn’t very funny—I didn’t even get to hug her...

---

Lately, I’ve been feeling a little depressed. Not unbearably so, just a dull ache of unhappiness with myself and my life. Compared to my friends, mine feels bland, muted, as if I’m watching the ...

---

I feel a little jealous seeing my childhood friends move into new stages of life. One just got engaged—ring, celebrations, all the things that come with it. Another recently had her bachelorette...

---

Yesterday’s drive home with my mother from my aunt’s was stressful. We were approaching a green light when she told me to hurry through it. I asked if she was in a rush. Honestly, if she wants t...

---

Today I went with my mother to stay the night at my aunt’s house. On the way, we stopped by a few new shops in her town. One of them was a toy store that had just opened, conveniently across the...

---

Does everything just seem bigger when you’re a kid? Today I drove to the park down the street, the same one I used to visit years ago. My biggest worry before getting there wasn’t the park itse...

---

I’ve been thinking about buying a taser. Or maybe some pepper spray. Maybe both. I felt anxious walking alone through a parking lot alone—broad daylight, but it didn’t matter. It was only the s...

---

I went out on Saturday by myself. It wasn’t the first Saturday I’ve gone out alone, but it was the first time I actually drove around town without much purpose. I told my family I was heading to...

---

I crossed the road alone for the first time in the entirety of my 24 years on earth. Seems silly, but for me it was a big deal. I grew up in a small town that is pretty much in the middle of now...

---

Occasionally I find one or two feathers tucked away under something I had taken with me wherever I decided to go that day. A few minutes ago I unpacked my laptop. Out flew a green feather, one I...

---

After my solo drive I decided that I wanted to visit the local coffee shop down the street. It’s a cute little shop right on the corner of the busiest intersection in town. I had lived here all ...

---

My parents begrugingly let me take the car out last week. August 6th to be exact. Almost a month after I got my drivers license. I have around 60 hours of behind-the-wheel experience underneath ...

---