Posted: March 9th, 2010 | Author: Laryssa | Filed under: Welcome to America | No Comments »
The following excerpt is the second part of “Welcome to America”. You can read the first part here.
The possibility that other campers might see my legs at church terrified me. Instead of knee-high socks, I wore my brown, wool tights, which I had packed just in case we needed to wear uniforms on a chilly night.
I would rather my friends ask about my tights than my hairy legs; at least I could lie and pretend that I forgotten my uniform socks.
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Posted: March 8th, 2010 | Author: Laryssa | Filed under: Welcome to America | No Comments »
The following excerpt is the first part of “Welcome to America”. You can read the second part here.
Sitting quietly in the front seat of the station wagon, I was fascinated by the way the summer light coming through the windshield caught the blond hair on my legs. I was hoping the hair would sparkle even more after three weeks of July sunshine.
With the corner of the camp itinerary brochure, I drew red lines on my pale thigh and tried to direct attention away from the nausea I always expected to feel during long car rides.
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