I am honored and pleased to have this appear in Open Secrets! This piece originated as an in-class writing prompt in my first writing class in my master's degree, about things within my view at that moment. A Frozen-branded box of tissues was on my desk, and I posited that it must have been in all the baggage that sat in my storage unit for years, and that led me to this Baggage story about my ex.
This story so perfectly encapsulates the idea of baggage - how two people can see it in completely different ways, and how freeing it is to let it go. Well done, Will!
I am honored and pleased to have this appear in Open Secrets! This piece originated as an in-class writing prompt in my first writing class in my master's degree, about things within my view at that moment. A Frozen-branded box of tissues was on my desk, and I posited that it must have been in all the baggage that sat in my storage unit for years, and that led me to this Baggage story about my ex.
This story so perfectly encapsulates the idea of baggage - how two people can see it in completely different ways, and how freeing it is to let it go. Well done, Will!
Will, you capture metaphorical and actual baggage with such flair and honesty. Thanks.
Trapped forever in the Raymond box, alas.