While studying abroad in the Czech Republic, Amelita agrees to cook the turkey for a dorm-wide Thanksgiving feast. But she had no idea how hard it would be! [ Read More ]
How to Fit in the Mind of a First Grader
One day, when I was in first grade, my teacher was leading us in making a chart about tooth loss. [ Read More ]
A Hole New World
I was always a very determined or, as anyone who wasn’t my parents would say, stubborn child. [ Read More ]
Walk This Way (Or Any Way. Just Walk!)
Anyone who has ever lived in, or even been in, New York knows how noisy, energetic, and sometimes tiring the city can be. On a day when I was noticing all of these things with a particular touch of hypersensitivity, I decided to take a walk and see if I could find a bit of … [ Read More ]
Ode to Banana [PODCAST]
Bananas finally get the love they deserve in this eloquent reading. [ Read More ]
Cheese-Beak
Like most toddlers, I loved putting things in my mouth. So when I looked at the new decorative owl-shaped candle my mom bought at the farmer’s market, the only protrusion from its ovular shape being a golden-yellow beak, I saw one thing: CHEESE. [ Read More ]
Wait…Do I Believe in Magic?
I don’t remember a big, heartbreaking fall from innocence, but rather a casual nonchalance about Santa actually being my parents. NBD (No Big Deal), as long as they made with the presents each year! But there was one mystical being with which I couldn’t reconcile, and that was the Tooth Fairy. [ Read More ]
LOL– 21st Century Parents
One of the best things about being an adult is loving, rather than loathing with extreme embarrassment, the ridiculous things that my parents do (“Ugh Mom stop being so supportive of me!!” “Dad, I don’t need a ride! Jeeze!”). [ Read More ]