As I scrambled into the kitchen and furiously scrubbed the sink, I heard the opening notes to the third movement of Mozart’s Sonata No. 11,
It’s one of those fall days where leaves cover the ground, but the afternoons are still hot. I’m courtside, watching an outdoor tennis match with
The family that steals plants together stays together At the break of dawn in the middle of a downpour, my dad and sister drive to
Frantic feet hurled my pedals forward as my bike rampaged toward the dead end of our street. The dead end was desolate and unmonitored, a
Dashing from room to room, I tried to ignore the band of my underwear, which had twisted itself into an infinity loop. The button on
“Group A, get on the stage NOW!” Oh snap, that’s me! I run up the stairs to the stage, pick a spot at the very
It’s a Friday night when the front door to our house bursts open and my dad walks through it, fresh off of a six-hour drive
A long time ago in a living room far, far away, a stream of intergalactic green barf tumbles out of my cousin Sean’s mouth, landing
The flashlight shines into my eyes with such intensity that I’m momentarily blinded. At the other end of the light is a Chicago police officer
Our childhood fish tank contained five goldfish ceremoniously named after the New Kids on the Block. Every week my dad cleaned the tank and picked
