My earliest memory of him is when he sat across from me in the cafeteria and asked me about the pictures I was drawing. He asked me questions and wanted to know all about me. And so, I thought, I was in love. I saw him in the hallway, where he would smile at meContinue reading “Would You Love Once or Never Love at All?”
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My Secret Yearning
This evening I am sitting on the bed, waiting for my mom to return. I wait here like this every time she goes out. Sometimes, a bug comes by, and I fear it’ll land on my head. But fortunately, the bug doesn’t, and I’m safe. Hours pass and the sun moves across the bed, andContinue reading “My Secret Yearning”
Losing Track of Time: Growing Up Too Soon
When I was ten, my parents bought me a notebook. “Tina,” they said, “you talk so much about so many things. Why don’t you write your thoughts down?” So I did.I was an only child with an active imagination, so I wrote every day. I wrote about all the things that I wanted to sayContinue reading “Losing Track of Time: Growing Up Too Soon”
An Invitation One Can’t Refuse
I knew that he would come to dinner because he knew how important this one evening was. Prior to dinner, we had argued. We had stayed in touch, but we hadn’t seen each other in months. It took me courage to ask him to come to my place. He had been there several times before.Continue reading “An Invitation One Can’t Refuse”
The Lesson We Cannot Forget
The most delicious meal I’ve ever eaten is the meal I had after I found out the truth about my sister. My parents adopted her when I was eighteen and she was sixteen. I never asked for a sister. She was terrible. She borrowed my clothes without asking and we fought about almost everything. OneContinue reading “The Lesson We Cannot Forget”
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