Coffee and a Conversation
As Told Over Brunch is a home for intelligent discourse from the twenty-something perspective - so the stuff you gossip about over mimosas on Sunday morning or over takeout on your friend's couch when happy hour ends too early. We love chatting about our lives, whether it be the relationships we’re building (or destroying), lessons we've learned at work, struggles at school, growing pains we've felt, or even the food we’re talking over.
A common plot gimmick in rom-coms is to show flashbacks of the story’s protagonist where some virtue is asserted that is integral to the character’s arc. Today we reflect on four-year-old Cazey dashing home in tears from his best friend Maggie’s house.
My mom asks, “What’s wrong?”
Young me wails, “Maggie says I have to marry her when I grow up! I don’t want to!”
Read MoreGeese are by far my least favorite animal. I’ve never had a good encounter with one of these animals and I for one, hate them. Most people can agree that they are disgusting birds who litter yards and golf courses with feathers and bird crap. Aside from the mess they make, I had an altercation with one as a child.
When I was younger my sister’s, father and would go fishing some weekends. These trips were always fun and I looked forward to them. I’m not sure how much we caught, because it was never about catching the biggest or most fish, but about the fun as a family. At this point in my life I hadn't begun my goose hate, but one fateful day things changed.
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