Still going through my memory box, and I came across an English Assignment from my 9th grade English class. I even have a date: 04/20/2002....oh god. The assignment was assigned by one of my favorite, and incredibly influential, teachers Ms. Daniels. We were to write alternative endings to Romeo and Juliet...or something like that. I'm … Continue reading Oh I’m Going to Embarrass Myself
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Let Me Tell You About My Aunt Norma
I have been lucky, in life, to have met and loved so many different and amazing people. I have also felt the gut-wrenching loss of losing some of them to time, accident and illness. Today I found out that I passed the NREMT-Paramedic Cognitive exam. After 11 months of blowing off friends, relatives, and my … Continue reading Let Me Tell You About My Aunt Norma
The Noticing of the Unnoticed
"That’s how you know you've really got a home: When you leave it, there’s that feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." I never truly felt this of New York. Sure I miss my family and friends, but I never missed New York. I've never longed for it. But when I think on … Continue reading The Noticing of the Unnoticed
Slipping
Hold back, hold on, letting go is too easy there is a catch, there has to be, something, something give it meaning, tell me what is needed to be heard, before it slips through the thin grasp I have. Let go they say, let it be free, but there is a catch, always a catch … Continue reading Slipping