Sometimes I feel like I鈥檓 running out of time with the people who love me. I watch the date change on my phone as 11:59 turns to midnight, wondering which day they鈥檒l decide that I鈥檓 not their type of person anymore. I think I鈥檝e found my people: they know me, they love me, and they make this ...
In August, it rained for two weeks straight. I had only packed one sweater for a two-month internship, and the threads were thinning out at the cuffs. It was 1:30 a.m.鈥攖he latest I had stayed up all summer鈥攁nd I sat in the corner of my host family鈥檚 guest bedroom. I held the fading knit fabric ...
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I sat in my dorm鈥檚 communal kitchen painting my friend鈥檚 nails. It was mid-first semester and the heat hadn鈥檛 turned on yet, so it was uncomfortable to wear anything less than a sweatshirt. Every time I finished a nail, my friend would lift his hand close to his eyes to examine the quality of ...
