Tessa
Summer 2018
Summer was finally nearly over, and as I took one last in the mirror, before leaving Grandma’s house, there was only one thing on my mind, college.
It was the new beginning for some, but for me, it was everything. I would leave my high school paper behind and be in the big league. The college paper, the one thing that I’d dreamt of doing since I was a little girl.
“If you stare at that mirror long enough, it’ll break,” Grandma winked as she stood behind me. I didn’t even realize that she was in the room. I’d decided to spend my last few weeks before moving with her; I told mom that she needed the company; it was a lie. Grandma was home all the time, and the truth be told, between my friends all getting ready for college and enjoying themselves. I was the only one ar
