The Next Day

September 10, 2001
Suburbs of Chicago
24 years old.

The summer before, we had planted almost every variety of tomato plant we could find. We had dug out a tiny garden in our yard and were gifted with more tomatoes than any two people could ever possibly need or want.

This day, I set about to canning the tomatoes. [...]

September 24, 2008
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Just Begun

45th Street, New York City, 1996.
19 years old.

I laid on the top bunk in my room at the Big Apple Hostel. I laid on my stomach, with the covers pulled up over my head. All my clothes were on.
I had just moved to New York and I was so afraid. [...]

September 24, 2008
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