No, I didn’t shave my legs for this. I can’t remember the last time I painted my nails, the last time I glossed my lips, the last time I let a pit stain bring me shame. I don’t plan on hiding my stretch marks, my under eye circles, my gray hairs; I’m a sucker for show-and-tell. Let me be clear, I’m an adult mammal–I’ve got … Continue reading 38
Thank you, Lord, for the ache in my neckwhich pops up now and thenafter a night of restlike a broken jack-in-the-boxthat’s missed its cue.That is, thank you for the painand how its presenceilluminates its absenceelsewhere. I give thanks for this brainwhich used to fetch me such good marks in school (the best in the class, notthat you asked). That is, thank you for the humilityI wear like a … Continue reading A Prayer of Thanks for an Aging Body
1. Accept that the hot senior/star varsity basketball player does not know you exist. (Even his dad, your actual math teacher, couldn’t remember your name at parent-teacher conferences.) Read Jane Austen novels to deal with your disappointment; undergo a comprehensive study of the term unrequited. 2. Go to cheerleading practice after school as usual. Clap, chant, and jump in the yellow lighting of the gymnasium … Continue reading How to Talk to Your High School Crush
to sleep in past 6:03 a.m. cake for breakfast to finish my iced coffee before the ice melts a day free of ads for wrinkle serums and smoothers common sense gun legislation new jeans that fit without having to try them on first for someone else to potty train my toddler to lip sync battle with Paul Rudd dinner I didn’t cook a summer without … Continue reading What I really want for my birthday this year
Melissa Kutsche 