Childhood.

Learning to be. Learning to stand.

Learning to read. Holding Mom’s hand.

First day of school. No turning back.

Do I still need a nap?

Adolescence.

Noticing him, noticing me.

Chaste kiss. Trembling hands.

Out of control. Off goes the light.

Am I doing it right?

New Adulthood.

Graduation. Celebration.

Commencement. Real world education.

Hard knocks. Easy-life temptation.

Where am I ev...

Sitting in her minivan in the grocery store parking lot, she felt anchored to the drivers seat. She knew she had to muster the will to go inside. Her to-do list has no bottom. But right now? She was just going to sit there, all alone in deafening but glorious silence. How long could I sit here, she wondered, without rousing suspicion about what’s taking her so long to get back home.

Meanwhile, he...