My First Communion Black Eye
How I learned to hide my emotions
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8 min readNov 8, 2023
Friday afternoon! The best day of the week for eight-year-old me. I jump off the back stoop and hit the dirt with my new cherry red Keds. The brisk April wind whistles in my ears as I race to the swing set under the
old, overgrown maple tree. Sometimes I pump so hard, the right front pole lifts right up off the ground. It’s fun, though. A little scary, but a…
