I’m currently reading three books simultaneously (I got a tad overzealous with my library card). A word to the wise: if you place six books on hold, they will all arrive on the same day. It’s fine—one is for my …
The Space Between
The highway was packed. Bumper to bumper, barely snaking forward—glaciers have melted and formed new oceans faster than I was moving. The car radio hummed and my three-hour journey home for Thanksgiving slowly turned into four hours, then five. At …
5 Ways to Cope with Home Over the Holidays
Family. You love ‘em to death, and if you spend too much time with them, you might (quite literally) strangle them to death. Enter the holidays. Tensions are already running high due to impossibly immense expectations that this is finally …
10 Reasons Fall Isn’t The Best Season Ever
Ahh, fall. That magical time of year when the leaves turn brilliant shades of orange, red, and burnt sienna (yeah, I had the expansion pack of Crayola crayons as a child), and everyone agrees that pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING is like …
Delmy’s Heart
When Delmy García was seven years old, she was told she had a bad heart. “I had to stay at the hospital for a week,” Delmy says. “I was very sad.” She always knew she was different—unable to run outside, …
Let Your Yawp Out
How did I get so tired? I sleep for seven to eight hours every night. I love sleeping. It’s one of my top five favorite activities of all time, alongside eating ice cream, eating pizza, eating cake and eating Reese’s …
A Love Letter to Guatemala
My first international trip was in 2005—unless you count our family vacation to London when I was eight. But since my only takeaways from that trip were a souvenir photo from the London Zoo of me smiling like a maniac …
Photo Spark 1-3: Christmas Lights
5 storytellers were given a daunting task—write a 250-word (or less) story explaining a random photograph. This is Photo Spark 1. This is story 3. This is Gina Regan with “Christmas Lights.” It’s August, and we still have Christmas lights hanging …
Gaining Perspective
I wake up to the pulsing of my phone alarm. The harsh morning light confirms the message: time to get up. I wrench my stubborn limbs from my Ikea bed frame with the willpower of a thousand well-disciplined Scandinavian cabinetry experts. …
What Will You Accomplish Without TV?
I broke my thumb today. Well, it’s at least badly sprained. Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration, but I definitely strained something, and I’m sure it will have long-term ramifications on my hand dexterity. I can’t even fathom eating …
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