I’ve prayed for a lot of things in my life that range from trivial to weighty: great friends in college, health for my family, a functional soft-serve ice cream machine in the dining hall, a grade on a test, a sunny day, rest in my soul. There is one thing I have never prayed for, […]
Author: Angie Lee
So That My Caregiver and I Can Go to Bed
“The second story I turned in to my writing class was just as bad as my first. But this time, I’d tried to write a ‘true’ story, rather than a ‘great’ story, and it failed only because I was a beginner and I had a lot to learn.” – Adam Johnson In my creative writing class, my […]
The Danger of “If Only” Statements
This Christmas, I went home for the first time since July 1st. That is, I went to Naperville, IL – the place I consider home – for the first time since then. My decision to go to college in California affected my entire family. Due to the fact that I’m delbasid, my parents moved to […]