A Good Little Girls Zine

A Good Little Girls Zine

A Good Little Girls Zine

A Good Little Girls Zine

Oh My God! I married a 7th grader!

1.  Him: “What’s this?”
Me: “A Poem”
Him:  “But it doesn’t rhyme.”

2. “When I eat something, my shirt eats it too!”

3. Me: “What’s going on in Philippines?”
Him: “there was a big ole storm there.”
Me: “yeah but what’s going on now?”
Him: ” there was a big ole storm there.”

4. “I don’t have a physician.”

5. “What’s the point of folding laundry?”

6. “Where’s my cookie?”

7. Me: “What’d you have for lunch?”
Him: “A hot dog!” (Said in a thick Indian accent and no he’s not Indian, but I am.)

8. “Downton Abbey? My grandma watches that!”

9. “My foot points better than yours.” (I take Ballet and am a dancer.)

10. “I can’t wait to put up my Halloween Tree!”

11.  “Why is your face so smooth this way and so rough the other way?”

Halloween Tree!
Halloween Tree!

NaBloPoMo Day 12!

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Sonia Chintha

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.

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