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 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 8, 2016 | Memoir & Essays
Sunday March 7, 2004 The next morning our family friend drove Jason and I and her two daughters (my friends) back to the hospital early in the morning. It was a Sunday and we arrived just in time to say goodbye to Julie before her heart monitor beeps went to a flat...
by jo | Mar 1, 2016 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
When I was a probably four or five years old, I really wanted a horse. I’d been praying for one for a long time. Our next door neighbors had a pasture with horses in it. Our next door neighbors on the other side often had horses in their pasture. And while we...
by jo | Jan 19, 2016 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
I’d just told my uncle that I wanted to move. I was living in an area that I’d only moved to for two reasons. The first was that I wanted to move out of my hometown. I’d spent enough time there as an adult, and enough time there after some major life changes to feel...