I watch my friends anxiously as wrapping paper flies everywhere–I saved their best presents for last, and I can’t wait to see their reactions. With
I walked into the classroom on my first day of kindergarten, and all I could hear was screaming. Several kids clung to their parents’ legs
Strolling down the aisle at the garden store, my sister and I are plucking packets of seeds off the rack and throwing them into our
I’ve been painting wooden bunnies for so long that I can’t feel my fingertips. My little sister is right beside me at the kids’ table,
New job jitters only multiply if the day goes sideways, an unfortunate lesson Kelly Metras learned on her first day in the food industry. She
An ominous thump signaled the closing of the trunk above me, encasing me in darkness and an ear-splitting silence. My legs searched into the dark
As she hopped off the city bus into stifling heat, my mom looked down the street and let her eyes adjust, trying to confirm that
Crouching down low with skeptical eyes and a furrowed brow, my dad is five minutes into a rigorous inspection when he finds a flaw. “Here,”
There is still metal bouncing off the concrete as I assess my wounds. My right thigh stings—probably a gnarly scrape, if I had to guess.
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