I get to pack one now, but I hated it then.

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Write of Passage

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It was yellow. Shaped like a school bus. Snoopy decorated the top panel. Mama bought a blue one for my brother, and a yellow one for me.

It was last year’s lunchbox and Mama wouldn’t buy me a new one for the new year. “There’s NOTHING wrong with it!!!”

Except there is. [...]

I took A Long Walk off a Short Stage

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And all I got was this piece of paper.

Can someone call the fashion police? I think it should be illegal to make people wear this shade of orange, even in 1988. And I can’t find any pictures that I’m willing to post with the perm My Sainted Mama said would [...]