Emma’s Blog

I hope you enjoy this collection of my creative writing, including everything from my creative nonfiction, short stories, poetry, and free writes.

The Year That Changed My Life: Part II

Each day since I had heard the news about Jack I rotated between mourning him and struggling to even believe that it was all true. It felt so unbelievable, that he could be gone; it was incomprehensible that one moment he could be this shiny and brilliant person present somewhere in the world, and then…

The Year That Changed My Life: Part I

It was the middle of the summer in Chicago. I had just started a new job as a public defender a whole eight days earlier. I was shadowing the amazing and impassioned attorneys in my office. I was energized to begin this new chapter of my life. I was just starting a job that I…

Dream Encounters

Eyes closed, I entered an alternate universe. A universe where the ifs that occupy my conscious mind take off, wings fully expanded, and fly free. I’m in a coffee shop. The sun is shining, the air warm and breezy, not too warm. Because where I am it’s perfect weather all year long. I immediately recognize…

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