I consider us
for the first time anew we–
have become family.
I consider us
for the first time anew we–
have become family.
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.





Year one: survival. Year two: comfort, security. Year three: change it all.
In the corner of my mind she resides, large heavy cloak, dark, deep-set eyes—a constant reminder Her inky black clothes spill easily, if I let

Illustration by Jill Kimura the mOOn is a wOman by Abigail Hawk ancient greeks believed the mOOn’s dark places were core-deep seas,and they named themmarias. god

Moist air tangles my hair and I absorb patches of grass on mountains in the distance through the thin strands of black that brush my