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Childhood
Worship
A miraculous experience, a mixed-faith couple, a big fat question mark
October 2019
Childhood
Flunking a driver’s test, frightening a bully, grown up at fourteen
August 2019
Climate Change
That the sun would burn out — / even a million years from now — / was the worst news of my childhood.
August 2019
A Single Suitcase
We left before they told us to evacuate. I saw the smoke over the hills, knew the ferocity of the Santa Ana winds, and figured it wouldn’t be long before the fire would reach us. I packed a small suitcase.
July 2019
Show Day
The Crandells participated in 4-H the way we did everything: bargain hunting, doing odd jobs, and keeping costs and desires to a minimum.
June 2019
Girl Underwater
I was not afraid of alligators or snakes. I swam past them with some vague feeling that I was safer in the water with these creatures than on land with the humans.
February 2019
Fever
I lie on the couch in the living room and feel a deep sense of shame, because I’ve increased our debt by getting sick.
November 2018
Survivor
Do I need to go into what turns an eleven-year-old into such a stoic: embarrassed to be sentimental, determined to be detached?
November 2018
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