October 4, 2010

Textured

I went to Boston.

My dad called me the morning I arrived and all but ordered me to change my returning flight around so that he could take me to Fairhaven the next morning. I agreed, feeling confident and breezy. Then I spilled hot coffee all over my shirt and had to ask [...]

September 22, 2010

Drift Away

The summer after I turned sixteen, I went to San Diego with my Papa to be in my second cousin’s wedding. It was my first time traveling without my parents. My Papa dropped me off at my godparents’ house in El Cajon.

I had just gotten contact lenses. No one knew who I was. [...]

September 2, 2010

A Periwinkle Breeze

I stepped outside and started running.  I followed the smooth guttered curb and turned the corner along the quiet street by the old people’s apartment complex.  I felt free and fit and strong for about a minute and a half.  Then I made the next right turn and hit the long stretch along the [...]