Leaving

By Riley McCormick, TIWP student There’s nothing quite like crying at your computer at 5PM, tears rolling down your cheeks between twin size duvet covers and decorative picture frames that you know will only hold memories in a year’s time. There’s nothing quite like crying while finishing a housing application, sobs breaking your heart as […]

Reminders to Myself (and Eventually, to my Daughter)

By Riley McCormick, TIWP student Take trains by yourself to places you’ve never been. Look at the architecture, the history, the flowers. Sit in a cafe and people watch. Kid, you’ve got to love yourself. Don’t whisper, don’t surrender, don’t apologize. Be you, be unafraid. Kiss who you want to kiss, or don’t kiss at […]

A Room of Our Own

By Riley McCormick, TIWP student Pink pens, pink notebooks, pink shirts, blue chairs. Popcorn and oranges every week. Quotes litter the wall: Maureen Murdock, Coco Chanel, Einstein, Tolkien, Ensler. Inside, teenage girls blossom. They bloom. They write in this space that’s meant for just them. They take in the quotes, the famous women on the […]