Suzanne Karioki has a Bachelor's in English and too many stories hidden in a folder on her computer. When she's not daydreaming or at work, she spends her time cross-stitching and watching documentaries. You can find some of her writing on her blog at suzannekarioki.com/blog.
My parents used to keep a lot of photo albums around the house. In one, there is a photo of me, three years old in our tiny living room, unsmiling in my starchy new uniform; the photo is either slightly faded or