“Stephanie Renee, you back yourself away from that TV right now!”
I grunted, as my dad barked at me from the kitchen.
“You’ll go blind sittin’ that close.”
“That’s not true!” I shouted.
The city I live in is bordered by mountains to the west, and to the east by plains that go for hundreds of miles without a single thing to see except towns so bleak it hurts your stomach to imagine the lives of the people who live in them. In a recurring dream I’ve had since I was small, the city is the same…
Deficits
Once, a family story goes, my great, great grandmother wandered in front of a train. She was sun-struck…
Fara hates the taste of water, so she decides she’ll never force her children to drink it. Most of my childhood drinks come in a pouch or box with ingredients derived from various “juice concentrates.” Unaware of the dangers of both real and artificial sugar, I’m allowed one daily can of Diet Coke. I prefer to drink…