It’s actually tomorrow, but tomorrow is supposed to be crazy since I have taken up this other little part-time gig, plus the kid, plus Christmas party, plus my regular job… But I wanted to stop and talk about my boobs for a little bit. Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of my breast-reduction surgery. A year…
Author: Zsofia McMullin
Math Problem
Sheets crumpled at the foot of the bed, the white, silky ones. Pillows thrown here and there, mismatched, warm, sleepy. A foot across my chest toes twitching from dreams of running biking swimming adventure. One arm tucked under his chest rising, rising. Another arm twisted, chubby palm on my thigh. A soft snore breath of…
Things Every Household Should Have
When I rented my first apartment right after college, I had two pots, a glass baking dish, a set of four plates and mugs, and a colander. And wine glasses, of course—mismatched, most of them left over from college parties. Even though it wasn’t much, I couldn’t imagine when I would use most of these…
In Which I Meet Benedict Cumberbatch…But Not Really
I am sure that you, too, have fantasized about what “The Meeting” would be like. Perhaps there is a small crowd of fans outside an event, with you at the front. Your fingers brush his as you hand him a Sharpie to sign his name and you exchange meaningful looks and maybe a “hello” or…
A year of writing seriously
I just realized the other day that on November 13 it’s going to mark a year since my first essay was published by Full Grown People. That was the day that I started to dip my toes back into writing and to take it — and myself — seriously. I guess I have always been…
Can a new mascara change your life?
“This new mascara routine will change your life,” the salesgirl assures me as she slips a couple of shiny tubes into pink tissue paper and into a tiny glossy shopping bag. I had just spent the past 45 minutes with her, applying, removing, and then reapplying lipstick until we found the shade and texture that…
Home
It always takes me a couple of days to find my footing again. After all of the travel, the adventure, the excitement, home seems… boring. Maybe not boring, but predictable. And I suppose that is the good thing about it. I came home sick — fever, painful ears, cough. I was so jet-lagged after not…
The “Save the Princess” Message Hurts Boys, Too
I have a 5-year-old little boy, a living room filled with boxes of soldiers, swords and Matchbox cars, and a complicated relationship with fairy tales and the princes and princesses who live in them. A part of me loves it when my son decides to play princess. It does happen from time to time —…
Life goes on
The fact that life goes on is both a blessing and just a strange, strange, unfortunate thing. Several times last week I thought that surely I will be dead by morning — from physical and emotional exhaustion, from being cracked open and turned inside-out, from questioning everything that I knew about my life to be…
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