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Behave, Gina Vucci
Behave, Gina Vucci
The Tuxedo Archives
Serve the guests. Don’t cry. Take your brother for a walk. Your father was such an incredible man. Your father loved you. You were his favorite. I’ll just let everyone else cry while I learn to live with this feeling in the pit of my stomach. Leave her alone. It’s fine if she wants to wear her red velvet dress from last Christmas. She can wear what she wants to the funeral. Touch his hand; it’s the last time you’ll ever see him. I don’t know you, but I can’t stop sobbing in your arms.
Hurt To Love, Christa Kaye Jishelle Casidsid
Hurt To Love, Christa Kaye Jishelle Casidsid
Night Flight Journal
Family dynamics come in many different forms. Some are regarded by society as "healthy," others "toxic," but there are instances where there is a gray line. Once an only child grown to the older sibling, this daughter watches her family relationship. More particularly, she watches her parent that has been there by her side ever since she could remember. "Healthy" or "toxic" are words lost in confusion in her home. She cannot help but feel the pain of the actions and words from the years that built up in her struggle of endurance and martyr sacrifice.
The Long Way Home: The Last Few Steps, Christine Woodside
The Long Way Home: The Last Few Steps, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
Christine Woodside sees parallels between her aging mother’s struggles and climbing a mountain.
Waterman Fund Essay Winner: The Wild Self: What Is Wild To One Is Home To Another, Lorraine Monteagut
Waterman Fund Essay Winner: The Wild Self: What Is Wild To One Is Home To Another, Lorraine Monteagut
Appalachia
“It was our first trip as a family: Ben, me, and his three kids. I’d never hiked more than 30 miles in one trip. I was suddenly nervous that I wouldn’t keep up on this hike, that I would never settle into this family, that maybe they preferred last summer when I wasn’t there. That’s when I knew we’d arrived at the wilderness we’d been seeking.”
The Shaking Trees: In The Forest, Catching Up With Mom By Phone, Andrew Jones
The Shaking Trees: In The Forest, Catching Up With Mom By Phone, Andrew Jones
Appalachia
A student navigates his mother’s phone-in advice to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic while exploring a suburban fringe of trees in Pennsylvania.
Going Small: A Father And Daughter Do Backyard Field Research, Dan Szczesny
Going Small: A Father And Daughter Do Backyard Field Research, Dan Szczesny
Appalachia
In a small patch of crumbly dirt and mulch in Manchester, New Hampshire, near the weather-worn trellis where the hydrangea had begun to bloom, a father helps his 5-year-old discover a winter firefly. All plans for wider exploration are off, but nature is unlimited if they look hard enough.