Why Do They Get Mountains?
Sometimes I think it’s unfair that I couldn’t grow up in a place like this. I mean, it’s breathtaking. I’ve never been so amazed at the scenery while driving on a busy highway. Driving through Iowa,...
View Article“Awkward”
The other night, I was in the car with my brother, Caleb. (He’s 16, has the same birthday as me, and is really good at running) The drive was at least fifteen minutes long. We didn’t say more than...
View ArticleZebras, lips, and lectures
So, it was like, here's Erin sitting on the couch, trying to be attentive while parents talk, but all she can think about are apples and pumpkins and zebras. (Yeah, we went to a farm with a corn maze...
View ArticleDon’t read this, Joey
Is it weird that I like to read my blog? I mean, it’s like going back through a diary and remembering situations and my responses to those circumstances. It’s like an empty perfume bottle that still...
View ArticleThe truth is: (con’t)
It’s funny. I complain about people saying nice things to me, and now I’m going to complain about the opposite. Also ironic: on the day I’m thinking about how I’m pretty much a terrible person, someone...
View ArticleMe, at my worst.
I wrote this earlier today, and now as I read through it, I don’t want to publish it at all. But I said I would. And this was something that’s been weighing on me all weekend. So here it is. It is what...
View ArticleFinally
I didn’t think I would ever hit it- the wall that most high school seniors have already come in contact with by this time. I mean, with the school year wrapping up and these warm days that mock summer...
View ArticleWhen there aren’t words but you try anyway.
Death is a phone call after class from a voice you don’t recognize. It’s your dad but he’s never sounded like this. Death is a day spent sitting on a stone wall next to Joey, your feet dangling over...
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