Author: Carolina

Anticipation building upon new clothes, new bedding, new addresses and soon new friends. Heartache fed by empty rooms, empty pockets and empty nest. This transitional time of year that reeks of adventure and fear, Hope and...

There is something mystifying about arriving at summer camp alone and leaving a few  days later with a whole new set of lifelong friends. The apprehension of walking into a cabin of strangers is replaced within hours by the...

The music beckons the timid crowd to the barren dance floor. You can almost hear the heartbeats of all the eager dancers as they await permission from the brave soul daring to be first. And then the moment that seemed to hang...

The atmosphere exploded with music and laughter. Dancing lights mimicked the forms of my classmates who effortlessly defined fun while I clung safely to the edge of the room. There was an ache in my heart. A fear that I was...