Category Archives: Big City

Stay a Lover of Little Things: Pearls for the Suitcase and the Train to the City.

The train ticket is booked. Suitcases that claim they are big enough to fit my life in their tummies have come tumbling down from the attic. I am moving to New York City in 25 days. A little less than a month. … Continue reading

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Operation Fall in Love in a Coffee Shop

My friends are sending me to New York City to fall in love in a coffee shop. Of all the jokes that have run through the bloodstreams of our friendships, this is the one that withstands all time and circumstances. … Continue reading

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A Letter to the Big City: I am finally ready to change your name to “home.”

To the Big City: I always imagined that the first time I gave my heart up without an expectation to get it back it would be to a boy. I pictured love letters, firsts of every kind and ultimately no … Continue reading

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But it is inscribed on a heart and there it shall remain forever.

I used to shut my eyes tight and believe that if I wished hard enough a moment could last forever. Birthday parties. Snow days. Times when I was the line leader in elementary school. Squeeze tighter, Hannah. The harder you … Continue reading

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