Two Sisters

Fragmented Thoughts All Connected

“Normal.”

Intimate Moments

One time I clasped a boy’s necklace around his neck. It feels strange to share this moment because it felt incredibly intimate at…

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Reparations, Race, and Teaching In Thailand

Marching Back To Hopefulness

the summer of 2012 was filled with hope

sun drenched with blissful inexperience

freedom, Olympics, patriotism, campaigning in sundresses blue like the sky

Writing Voice

My voice is strange right now.

Powerful.

Uncontrollable.

I try to push it into a neat box. Flatten it down. Squeeze it into the right tone.

Pizza and Home and Hope and Change

Last night, I burst into tears.

I was fixing up a spare bed in my parents’ home for my friend, Megan, to stay in. My father suggested we go to the local pizza shop for dinner, and I found myself irritable. I wasn’t quite ready to go, so I…

Pad Thai Fulbright

Last August I was in Whole Foods. The one near Logan Circle, next to the expensive yoga studio. I tried to eat “healthy” and…

On the Court

Friday afternoons are for wearing comfy red cotton pants and a thrift shop t-shirt, taking the trash to the bin, walking slow laps…

Coffee Foam Dress

On Saturday I bought a dress for 100 baht at the Sukhothai Walking Street.