Seven plus seven.
The rug is yanked from under us.
Tomorrow, we stand again.
Seven plus seven.
The rug is yanked from under us.
Tomorrow, we stand again.
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.
I resist. Each month. Same day. I know it’s coming. I know the fix. I know how to be comfortable. Still, I resist the comfort.
Each year it stares at me from the wall next to my desk. May 19-June 8: the state testing window I glance at it in
Today I greeted an old friend and it made miss, long for the past—all those too hot summers and pool side reads, the softer winters