I moved to Virginia in desperation. After graduating college, I moved back home to my parents' house. The thing is, they had left my hometown and moved to the coal region of Pennsylvania. We knew no one and what little jobs there were, they were full. I couldn't get a job due to this but…
While withholding my breath, I placed the mouse over the "submit" button, closed my eyes, and clicked it. I paused in this place for a moment with my eyes closed, my breath held, and then opened my eyes and sighed to see the screen read "your submission has been successful." It was that simple. A…
It is the start of October, the start of three straight months that have been my perpetual favorites for most of my life. As a child, October and December were solid favorites for me while November was a holding pattern as my young, magic-filled heart waited for the spirit of Christmas to arrive. When in…
Traveling is in my blood. My Sicilian heritage decreed it, as my great-grandfather snuck onto the ship that took him across the Atlantic to New York where he meandered and made do until the rest of his family could meet him. How brave is that? How insane? How utterly stubborn which is the core behavior…
Many years ago, when I was growing more comfortable with my relationship, I entertained the idea that we would get married and began a secret Pinterest board. I was too shy to let anyone know it existed and felt like a preteen writing my name + the last name of my crush together with a…
Having children is only a dream at this point. We have a lot to do in our lives before we can begin trying for children. A wedding, for one. Not that we particularly care if we have children before the wedding, we just can't fathom adding on pregnancy/childbirth/child raising onto our already hectic schedule. And…
Erica Rose Eberhart 