First Football Game: An Experience Like No Other

There’s something heightening about an experience which you have no expectations for. It beckons for childlike wonder as you approach the unknown. This is the state I found myself in as I reached the Raymond James Stadium to watch the Buccaneers play against the Falcons. I hadn’t anticipated being moved by a football game ofContinue reading “First Football Game: An Experience Like No Other”

The Nonfiction Behind Autumn and May

In 2003 when I was in 5th grade, I alternated wearing two shirts, both different shades of blue, that were just baggy enough to hide my newly growing breasts, if I slouched my shoulders slightly forward. This trick didn’t fool anyone, but I had spent the past five years telling everyone I wanted to beContinue reading “The Nonfiction Behind Autumn and May”