Leaving 1
What I couldn’t wait to leave behind:
Old boyfriends
Mom checking in about everything
My sister always around, leaving my curling iron on
Food
My brother’s loud music
A kitchen full of strawberries
A house that felt suffocating
A room with rust-colored carpet
Open fields
The small-town community
Endless questions
What I would miss:
Nothing
Leaving 2
What I actually missed:
Everything
This is an excerpt from The Summer of My Discontent. Visit my Reader Library page, where you can get it and a couple of volumes for free.
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