You don’t belong, and that’s okay. I am white-skinned. I am slender. I am left-handed. I am organized. I am creative. I am bookish. I am feminine. I am a woman. https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1800/1*Efd2yh3jH85tNd5yyUKXeA.jpeg We live in labels — constructed sometimes in seconds, sometimes over decades — like black-and-white dictionary definitions embedded in our skins. No one knows for how long, …
To my little brother
There are some things you should know. Author’s note: This essay was inspired by a similar post I found on the Odyssey. But rather than share the article, I thought I would write down my own thoughts about having a little brother. Vince, these are for you. https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1440/1*uIaqrJbX-bAB8v8oOXzosQ.jpeg You get me. I don’t think there’s …
I am a cube, not a square
We’re always more than what we seem. I’m sitting in Feature Writing class; my left hand, with pen in palm, itches with agitation. Not because I’m bored, and certainly not because I dislike the class discussion. But my mind, it wanders. It wanders when I’m restless; when I’m unsure; when I’m dissatisfied and can’t quite …
Bethany N. Bella 
