Meatballs and Ice Cream: Tastes Like Summer
I recently graduated from college, and my brother from high school. To celebrate the class of 2012, my family threw a double graduation bash. Like any graduation party, the house filled with friends and family of all ages, talking and getting to know each other. We sat in the backyard, music pumped out through speakers, [...]
Farewell to the City of Dreaming Spires
“Friends are the sunshine of life.”—John Hay I cheated, and nearly twenty minutes before my graduation ceremony from Oxford University was set to commence, I ripped open the contents of a farewell card from my closest British friend, Johnny. The John Hay’s quote that greeted me, despite its seemingly trite sentiment, brought me to tears. [...]
Turns out avoiding a career helped me find one…
In 2008, I had finished university and was meant to be (according to all the post-graduation ‘what to do now’ and ‘welcome to the rest of your life’ guides) on my way to my first career, maybe my own home, a pet? a family? Commitment. The problem was that in 2008, none of that sounded [...]
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Six Months from Now
My Nina (godmother) told me last winter, “Megs, six months from now, you will look back on this situation and be amazed at how far you have come.” I was confident in her words even though I was drowning in my emotions. The year after my graduation from Wellesley had been difficult beyond all prediction [...]
 told me last winter, “Megs, six months from now, you will look back on this situation and be amazed at how far you have come.” I was confident in her words even though I was drowning in my emotions. The year after my graduation from Wellesley had been difficult beyond all prediction [...] "Pin It")
