A Jumble of Goodbyes
I’m leaving a familiar harbor for an unfamiliar sea.
Susannah currently lives in New Jersey and works as a 7th grade ELA teacher in East Harlem. When she is not teaching or writing, she can be found exploring independent bookstores, going backpacking, and trying to roller-skate on all the cool trails in the city. She is also recently experienced in the art of citrus skunk repellent (I know you’re impressed).
by Susannah Boersma | Jul 7, 2024 | 4 comments
I’m leaving a familiar harbor for an unfamiliar sea.
by Susannah Boersma | Jun 7, 2024 | 0 comments
I want to know a place like L.M. Montgomery knows Prince Edward Island.
by Susannah Boersma | May 7, 2024 | 0 comments
The procession of gold stars, jolly ranchers, and honor roll ceremonies train their brain towards continuously following the rewards.
by Susannah Boersma | Apr 7, 2024 | 0 comments
If I want to value the stories of others, I should value my own as well.
by Susannah Boersma | Mar 7, 2024 | 1 comment
I remember completing a weeks-long project with my friend Mackenzie that involved green Christmas lights shoved through a tri-fold display board.
by Susannah Boersma | Feb 7, 2024 | 0 comments
Wow, I once had a boyfriend who was in a band.
by Susannah Boersma | Jan 7, 2024 | 0 comments
You are talking to a student about the flowers he bought for a girl, and the next day he is expelled.
by Susannah Boersma | Dec 7, 2023 | 0 comments
What is it about the Midwest that makes us want to erect huge statues to very young and famous teen mothers?
by Susannah Boersma | Nov 7, 2023 | 3 comments
I have lived most of my life embarrassed by the culture of being a girl.
by Susannah Boersma | Oct 7, 2023 | 1 comment
This isn’t a sparkly post.
by Susannah Boersma | Sep 7, 2023 | 2 comments
I bought this skirt on Etsy. I buy all of my skirts on Etsy.
by Susannah Boersma | Aug 7, 2023 | 0 comments
Excuse me while I go buy a fedora.
by Susannah Boersma | Jul 7, 2023 | 0 comments
It just really sucks to be in middle school.
by Susannah Boersma | Jun 7, 2023 | 0 comments
Somewhere along the way, I have become a jam-making fiend.
by Susannah Boersma | May 7, 2023 | 0 comments
Tucked into a sea of love and joy is an entire character dedicated to grumpiness.
by Susannah Boersma | Apr 7, 2023 | 1 comment
Finally, a man who understands you.
by Susannah Boersma | Mar 7, 2023 | 1 comment
I spend eons meticulously rotating the rack and considering which postcard could be catered to each of my friends.
by Susannah Boersma | Feb 7, 2023 | 2 comments
I awaited the next instruction; it never came.
by Susannah Boersma | Jan 7, 2023 | 2 comments
It asks the question: why must beautiful and capable children be constrained by the law of incompetent guardians?
by Susannah Boersma | Dec 7, 2022 | 1 comment
Wouldn’t it be much easier to suffer amnesia and be nursed back to health by a rugged lumberjack?
by Susannah Boersma | Nov 7, 2022 | 1 comment
Since that dinner took place in West Michigan, nobody batted an eye at my dramatic pronouncement.
by Susannah Boersma | Oct 7, 2022 | 0 comments
No performance. No personal space.
by Susannah Boersma | Sep 7, 2022 | 1 comment
According to Boersma family lore, I had memorized the words to it before I even knew how to read.
by Susannah Boersma | Aug 7, 2022 | 2 comments
Well okay, Stephen Sondheim, just go ahead and call me right out.
by Susannah Boersma | Jul 7, 2022 | 2 comments
Subway is a communion of scattered purposes.
by Susannah Boersma | Jun 7, 2022 | 6 comments
My obsession with that unattainable purity led me to fear the only vessel I was given to experience this world.
by Susannah Boersma | May 7, 2022 | 1 comment
The best part of West Virginia is my grandparents and without fail they could be found in their driveway, waving goodbye when we left.
by Susannah Boersma | Apr 7, 2022 | 0 comments
I never thought I would need to make an explicit rule banning headlocks, but you guys proved me wrong.
by Susannah Boersma | Mar 7, 2022 | 2 comments
And so I watched the first game, where we lost spectacularly with a score of 10-0.
by Susannah Boersma | Feb 7, 2022 | 1 comment
Why is it that so much of culture and media supports the idea that success necessitates destruction?