Posted by Mo on Dec 2, 2009 in
Chatter,
Updates
When I was very young, my mother received one of strangest Christmas cards I’d ever seen. For starters, it didn’t seem to be in English, and then to top things off, it was decked out in seashells, sand, and a grass-skirted hula girl. Clearly, whoever sent it was insane and I asked my mom who [...]
Tags: aloha, childhood, essay, Hawaii, Honolulu, Mele Kalikimaka, memories, Navy, relocating
Posted by Mo on May 3, 2009 in
Short Stories,
Writing
I originally wrote this in my journal. It’s something of a cross between a short story, essay and poem – and yet not really any of those things at all.
Magical Thinking
When I was a child, my friends and I would play a game that we called Superman (or Supergirl, depending on who’s turn it was). [...]
Tags: childhood, essay, flying, magic, memories, nostalgia, story, Writing