THE FIRST SHAKY BREATH UNDER HOSPITAL FLUORESCENTS; GETTING LOST IN YOUR MOTHER’S OLD PHOTO ALBUM; BURYING YOUR CHILDHOOD HAMSTER IN A SHOEBOX; TASTING YOUR FIRST HEARTBREAK; THE MIDNIGHT PHONE CALL TELLING YOU SOMEONE’S GONE; DITCHING YOUR OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR A CIGARETTE OUTSIDE; HOLDING A NEWBORN AND IMAGINING ITS FUNERAL; STEPPING ON A GRAVE AND FEELING IT PULSE; THAT STICKY AFTERBIRTH YOUR MOTHER WON’T TALK ABOUT; CARVING YOUR NAME INTO A TREE JUST TO PROVE YOU WERE HERE; READING OBITUARIES LIKE HOROSCOPES; REINVENTING YOURSELF AFTER THE TENTH BREAKDOWN; HAVING A MELTDOWN ON A CITY BUS BECAUSE YOU CAN’T REMEMBER YOUR FIRST MEMORY.