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The Waiting Room (The Day My Niece was Born)
My mom texted: Third floor, labor and delivery! My sister Natalee’s c-section had been scheduled, and my brother and I had taken the day off work. I was sitting in traffic on the way to the hospital when I got the text, and my brother was in his kitchen making breakfast. We both had plenty Continue reading
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This One is for My Grandpa
When I was in elementary school, I remember a lot of summer afternoons when my cousin Spenser and I would spend the day with our grandpa. We could keep ourselves busy by watching television, throwing poker chips into a hat, playing Sequence, or sneaking back to ride the exercise bike we were explicitly told not Continue reading
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At Thanksgiving this Year, We Counted to 100
Thanksgiving in my house can be busy. We are a well-oiled machine, but with a lot of people in a small space, it can still get crowded, loud, and chaotic. My parents always host, and the first hour or two the front door opens and shuts with people arriving in droves, carrying tote bags full Continue reading
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The Triplets on YouTube that Make Me Miss My Siblings
A couple months ago, while scrolling down the abyss of my Instagram Explore page, I came across a video of three brothers. They were sitting in their car, snacking, talking, occasionally arguing, and often laughing hysterically. I watched, amused, and then kept scrolling. But over the course of the next week, clips from their videos Continue reading
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The Nesting Doll
On the bookshelf in my living room, there is a nesting doll. Before it was on my bookshelf, it was on my parents’ wall unit. It was a staple decoration in our house, and it moved with us again and again and again. On a shelf in my bedroom, there is a mini picture frame Continue reading
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The Interesting Car
When I was a kid, my parents used to bowl in a Thursday night league at our local bowling alley. We’d all head over as a family around 6:00pm, hoping we were early enough to get a spot in the small parking lot. Whenever we pulled in, my sister and I would keep our eyes Continue reading
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Hulk Pasta
With a metal spoon, I scoop the cooked broccoli into the blender, followed by the butter, garlic, lemon juice and pasta water. “It might be loud,” I say, genuinely not knowing how loud it will be, as this is not my blender, or my kitchen. Sitting behind me is my best friend Nicole, her newborn Continue reading
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Better Than Advil
“Do you have any Advil?” My sister’s eyes widen, telling me more than she’s telling the rest of the table: an onslaught of cramps, the debilitating back pain that comes once a month. I nod and reach into my purse, pulling out the shiny, circular pill container. I pop it open and she takes two Continue reading
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One Mile & 22 Years Later
In the first few months of fifth grade, as I tried to adjust to being the new kid at a new school for the first time in my life, I became a joiner. I joined the choir. Something that still amazes me to this day. I stood in line quietly, sandwiched between girls I was Continue reading
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Lake Hair
“Hold on to your hats,” Natalee says as we float past the no wake zone. Will revs the engine and then punches forward. The boat shoots across the water, the wind beating at our faces. At first, it’s hard to keep my eyes open. I feel like I’m swallowing too much air. I hold onto Continue reading
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