nookncranny's Diaryland Diary

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awkward at any age

i wrote an essay about a stranger i met on a plane on the way to my mother's death.

in class, my teacher asks me if i am able to read it aloud. yes.

so i'm about six sentences in when breathing air becomes much like swallowing doughnuts whole.

"okay, maybe i can't."

i pass it to the teacher who finishes for me. i sneak a peek at the class, in tears and applauding.

striking, isn't it, to be simultaneously proud and embarrassed? if there isn't, there should be a unique word to describe these feelings co-existing.

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in other news,

do you remember that when you are in first grade, the saddest story ever is when no one will play with you?

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