My short taste of spring was ripped out of my mouth and thrown onto the ground today when I opened my blinds to look at a grey sky and a snow-covered lawn. There is something about the snow after Christmas that reminds me of concentration camps (not that I remember concentration camps, just learning about them). The greyness of it all just seems ( Read more... )

Everything is summer except the season.

One thing I enjoy that usually comforts me a little little little bit in addition to other, more important, things is to sit in the shower and turn the water as hot as I can stand and pull my knees into my chest and just relax while the water beats down on me.

Something funny happened a few weeks ago. It was morning and my mother and I were getting some breakfast. I had brought half a box of leftover cheerios home from college and put them in the cupboard, so she was pouring those into her bowl. And she said, "you know, it is funny the way the things we use define who we are as people." And I said, " ( Read more... )

1. I do not like the cold. In fact, I have a very big problem with it and this is why: it makes me very cold. I do not know how the temperature in my body can bring about certain emotions, but I tend to feel bitter when I am cold. And also more alone. It's true. The cold is threatening as well. I say this because it is more rare for people ( Read more... )

There are things that all good mothers are obligated to tell their children and do so on a regular basis from the time their children are old enough to understand the language spoken in their particular household until they die. I know this because even though I am eighteen years old and have spent much time away from my mother without dying or ( Read more... )

Hello. I am in a very bizarre state of mind. And my stomach hurts a little ( Read more... )

There are several things I dislike about going to the dentist. They are as follows ( Read more... )

The most amazing thing I have learned lately about love is the way it grows. It is a seemingly obvious characteristic, but only a recent discovery in my life ( Read more... )

But what does it look like to be clothed with love?