Though, as the years pass, I find myself favoring more family-centric, “togetherness” holidays, when I was a kid nothing held a candle to Halloween. I think that’s probably the case for most people as well, still hopelessly nostalgic for a holiday in which they’ve been pushed out of the main activity on the bias of […]
My mom had three boys before she had me. So when I was born, she really played up the little girl card. I wore velvet dresses to everything until I was twelve. I took ballet classes. I had a purple room full of dolls and miniature tea sets which we would use to have tea […]
I have something embarrassing to confess. I realized this year that I had no idea what Cinco de Mayo commemorated. I’m not exactly sure how I’ve managed to live my whole life and not question the origin of this calendric holiday but it happened and I’m sorry (though I suspect I’m not the only one […]
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