Friendship
I can’t imagine her not being in my life, my childhood friend, our story recounted so many times about how on the first day of school she’d asked to borrow a pencil when I’d turned around and handed Norma my extra one. We fit like a genome pair, exchanging what we lacked, and enjoying all […]
A Pencil and a Friendship
When I think of the witch in Hansel and Gretel, I think of my kindergarten teacher from P.S. 48 in the Bronx, Mrs. Burke. Her one saving grace was that she introduced me to a kaleidoscope, a prism that illustrated how one thing can appear differently. But in all honesty, my fear of […]