Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino

I wished there was a polite way to tell them to stop trying so hard. It was the primary difference between their family and my own. We had nothing to prove. The Goldmans tried so hard to impress everyone that they failed to impress anyone.

“Always say yes to new things,” Ada said. “It’s the only way you’ll be able to write about life—if you actually go out and live it.”

The world loves to destroy what it doesn’t understand. Some things can be hidden to be protected. Some can’t.”

If I could have crawled into her skin and become her, I would have. She was fierce and ferocious and feminine all at the same time.

He said it didn’t matter if you were Black, white, green, or purple. If someone was a good person and needed your help, you helped them if you could.”