One of my earliest memories is of awakening to the rain. We were on our way back from a church trip down to Washington D.C. to see the monuments and such. Not that I remember that that was where we were coming home from. I only know because I have been told countless times throughout my childhood whenever I would ask about "the time of the rain ( Read more... )

Miss v. to feel the lack or loss of.

When I was 14 I went off to prep school, sent by the Abert G. Oliver Program, which recruited "gifted" African-American and Latino junior high kids to send them to places like Andover and Brooklyn Friends school and Westtown. I went to George School, a Friends boarding school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania ( Read more... )