by jo | Apr 19, 2016 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
Roommate Series #4: Julianne Jan – May ’08 (2nd semester Freshman Year) Roommate Award: Most Honest and Direct If you’ve ever met me, you know that I can be kind of bossy. Or take-charge-y, you could say (that’s how I think of myself, but...
by jo | Apr 5, 2016 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
Roommate Series #3: Jane* (Not her real name) Aug. 2007 – Dec. 2007 (Freshman year, 1st semester). Roommate Award: Biggest Disney fan AND Most Unique The boxes of disney movies, romance novels, and pajama pants should’ve been my first sign. When I moved...
by jo | Mar 29, 2016 | Everyday Stories
Roommate: Julie – From 1992-2001, (my) Ages 3-11. Award: Roommate I lived with Longest When I was born, I was told that my older siblings had fought over whether I would be a girl or boy, because they each had wanted me as a roommate. But when I spent the first...
by jo | Mar 22, 2016 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
Roommate Series Episode 1: Jason (Roommate from 1989-1992, Ages 0-3) I was two years old when I got my first watch. The youngest of three, I’d been fascinated by watches for a long time as my parents, and then my older siblings had gotten theirs in their own time. I...
by jo | Mar 15, 2016 | Everyday Stories
Over the next few months I’ll be working on a small e-book project about the things no one talks about when they talk about grief. Obviously, I write about grief a lot, and I wish when I was first experiencing grief that I could’ve found some pretty...