Every little girl grows up with Disney movies. We are told that one day Prince Charming will come for us…but what if he never does? What if instead all we are faced with as we grow up are gawking eyes and loose promises. Society is stating that today’s woman needs to be more “outgoing” in […]
Via most of my childhood, Mother used to take me onto the film set the place she labored. Generally, I visited in her trailer full of flowers and sweets for Mates or Herman’s Head, however different instances, if I used to be good, I received to take a seat within the viewers. There, I might […]
Passing via the gates within the parkinglot close to the theater was like coming into one other world. Chaos reigned andeveryone embraced the speculation “something goes.” Music blaredfrom open vehicles as youngsters sang alongside and drank. As quickly as a beerbottle was completed it was smashed on the bottom. Individuals in garden chairsand vehicles have […]
It felt like the chill forests breath was breathing on my unprotected hands. We had been out for about an hour waiting for the turkeys to come down from the roost. It was May 16th spring, turkey season. My dad had been doing a lot of scouting so I could fill my tags. Then we […]
After I was six years outdated, I informed my neighbor, Jessica, that I used to be a witch. Now, as unfaithful because the assertion was, I used to be not in jest; I truly had proof of my magical prowess to corroborate my reasonably weighty declare. Tossing a haughty look again at Jessica, whose dainty, […]
I’ve grown up stitched into the backdrop of the stage I call life. I’ve always blended in and played it safe. Risks were foreign to me; dreams were outlandish remarks my mind would sneer at me. I honestly believed my adult life would be wasted away in a nine to five gray cubicle prison. My […]
Sweat did not accumulate in light droplets on our foreheads; it gathered in great pools, drenching our leotards. Although we never noticed it ourselves, everyone outside the studio could see that the air was dense with moisture and heat. All of our attention was concentrated towards our bodies: shoulders down, stomachs in, hips tucked under—the […]
“I love being RANDOM because pancakes are cool” Recently, I have always felt the urge to write and write and write and never stop. Despite all my schoolwork and extracurricular and what not, I wanted to unleash my thoughts onto a blank screen, satisfied that I could at least make pictures out of words. Thus, […]
I faced the sponge-shaped building, petrified by the concept of the unknown.Simmons Hall, one of the most distinctive dorm buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, towered over me, framed by a grayish sky. Knots twisted in my stomach as my mom unloaded my suitcases from the rental car, paid the parking meter, and […]
As I approached the tower for my first day as an Ocean Rescue lifeguard I thought I knew it all. Fresh out of recruit training and graduating in the top of my recruit class, I had the vision that I was invincible as a lifeguard. I climbed the freshly painted wooden tower, unpacked my gear, […]