I can quickly think of more than three, but I’ll try to stick to the prompt. 1. Firewood My dad really likes to have a big stash of firewood. He and my mom have a wood stove at their house and also a fire pit, so he does actually use the wood. I think he…
When I was in kindergarten (the only year I went to “real” school), my mom was pregnant with my little brother. Some complications came up in her pregnancy, which meant she suddenly had to go to the hospital in the middle of the week. And I think she might have been on bed rest after…
Probably the thing I dislike the most is that I am conflict-avoidant. I have been this way since I was a little kid; I’ve been “going along to get along” for many years. I know my parents often referred to me as a peacemaker, and that’s probably because I just tended to fold at the…
Um, most of them. I suppose a better question for me would be, “In what areas are you pessimistic?” And then I’d have to do some thinking. There probably is some area where I don’t feel particularly hopeful or optimistic. As I’ve sat here pondering this, I think most of the cases where I feel…
Yikes. I have lots of options to choose from here, but I’ll go with the first one that popped into my head: my childhood glasses. I grew up in the 80s, which is when large, plastic-framed glasses were in style, and for a long time, I have cringed when looking back at my old photos….
I’m going to pick two because I am a rule-breaker. (Hahaha. I can’t even type that with a straight face.) The two I pick are spring and fall, largely because the weather is similar in both. My favorite weather is the type where you don’t need air conditioning or heat because then you can just…
It was a white 4-door Dodge Shadow, which I bought secondhand when I was 17. My dad, who is very good at used car shopping, helped me find it. The main downside of this car is that the previous owner smoked in it. And this fact was never more apparent than when the car sat…
I looked this one up, just to be sure I knew precisely what it is to be vengeful. The internet says: “seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury.” I don’t know that I’ve really felt vengeful in my life. If someone hurts me, I don’t suddenly wish their house would burn down…
