As a matter of record, she is not a blood relation. We met at the reception when my uncle married his long lost high school sweetheart. She was the daughter of my new aunt's sister and we wound up sharing a...

A Summer’s Day

"A good girl explores being bad at a pool party"

  My favorite teacher, Mr. Andres, had sent me a text this morning.It read: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”A joke between us since I had taken his English literature class during junior year.He was still on my mind...