She took a bite then her mind floated away. It went to a giant backyard, big enough to host a soccer game for her brother’s team. It went to the…
A long time ago, this girl had dreams. She had chocolate-covered, confetti sparkling dreams. The world was wide open, wide like the grins she wore between two long, brown pigtails.…
My tiny patent leather shoes made clicking sounds on the black-and-white tiled floor. Chairs with plastic-covered cushioned seats and silver wire backs filled the room, and the whole place smelled…
Every Tuesday afternoon. Right after school she dashed home and crammed a week’s worth of practice into thirty minutes. She liked the piano. She really wanted to learn it, but…
I moved to California at the beginning of fourth grade, and it didn’t take me long to find a cute, blond-haired boy to fall in love with. He was the…