wake, look, prepare: curl dress choose pack drive, think, listen dream reflect notice meditate lock, walk, prepare: sign-in type write clean organize copy whole-punch email release Welcome, Welcome, Welcome: teach talk laugh redirect repeat several times each hour Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye: rearrange clean organize drive, think, listen, see, really see
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.
Illustration by Allie Olivares Grandma’s Legs by Darlene Campos My grandmother used to proudly tell me we had the same legs: ample, muscular, and powerful.
Illustration by Deema Alawa The Little Girl and Her Ghost by Celeste Bloom She was seven years old the first time goosebumps prickled her skin