- My dog’s wagging tail when I come home from work
- Seeing the past owner’s markings in a secondhand book as I flip through the pages
- Meeting other English majors and talking about our favorite literature
- Having a conversation with a stranger and finding we are more similar than we are different
- Randomly clicking on a YouTube video in the sidebar and finding my new favorite song
- The sound of the waves getting louder as I walk closer to the beach
- Listening to my grandparents’ vinyl of the Sound of Music soundtrack on their record player
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Looking back through my past journals and seeing how much of a drama queen I was
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When I meet someone who has the same odd, corny sense of humor I do
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Heartfelt, unashamed deep-belly laughs
Emily Kim is an aspiring writer and rising senior studying English at the University of Maryland.
