Childhood

Bully

Posted to Childhood on 4 October 2007, with 3 comments so far.

by Erica—Age 34—Baltimore, MD One thing Daddy liked to say was that travel broadened the mind. Consequently, my brother and I attended five elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools. I knew I would be the biggest dork in the new school, no matter how many misfits already attended. In those thick plastic-framed [...]

The

Posted to Childhood on 19 July 2007, with 2 comments so far.

by Todd—Age 35—Muncie, IN My eighth-grade year burst into flames when my best friend Kess, whom I had known since birth, moved from Tulsa to New Orleans. I watched the explosion from the dark of my family’s living room. I couldn’t see his house from there, but I could see the moving truck driving away. [...]

Mark,

Posted to Childhood on 28 September 2006, with 1 comment so far.

I walked up to the bank of the river and saw a metal hoop sticking out of the water. I tried to grab it with my right hand, but it was just out of reach. I remember my fingernail barely brushing the metal. I found a stick and reached out again. Water sprayed as the [...]