When We Were Fifteen or Sixteen

My fifteen- or sixteen-year-old self wasn't rich or gorgeous. I was just the most ordinary high school student, whether following the same two-point route every day or burying myself in a mountain of practice problems morning and night. But when I put the big and little events of each day into words, when my pen touched paper or my fingers tapped the keyboard, I realized that even an ordinary life could have a story.