Things I Learned Growing Up

Tag: Sisters

  • When You’re the One Left Behind

    When You’re the One Left Behind

    Journal Entry Written September 15, 2012 

    Karina has gone to England and is most likely not coming back until December 18th. I remember thinking, on the night before she left, that this was my last night with the Karina I grew up with. She’s not going to come back the same girl. She’ll have a taste for freedom and maybe never even want to come back and I’ll probably break my heart.  She’ll do things I can’t even imagine doing and meet people I’ll never meet.  She’ll move forward and when she comes back, I’ll probably still be in the same place. 

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  • The Past is Like a Red Balloon

    The Past is Like a Red Balloon

    The happy curtain of my childhood has drawn to a close and I feel as though it didn’t even let me catch one fleeting glimpse of me and my sisters playing in the window before shutting completely. (more…)

  • When Your Older Sister Moves Out

    When Your Older Sister Moves Out

    We dropped my older sister off at her new apartment after dinner. I tried to imagine what she felt like but I couldn’t. She must feel so free and happy…but maybe a little sad as well.  I tried to imagine buying furniture and being dropped off and closing the door as my parents walked away. (more…)

  • Change and Time

    Change and Time

    Journal Entry November 23, 2015

    As usual, the first day of the month has caught me by surprise.   I distinctively remember the 1st of August and wondering where July went. I suppose it went into scorching hot mornings, and late summer evenings drinking white wine, and playing board games with the boys, and scampering about unknown cities. (more…)