Nami – Medium

Nami

Rug

“You clean room before four today, or I throw everything away.”

2 min readDec 14, 2021

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Nami

Twenty-Five

In the autumn of 2020, I was working at an outdoor program to look after kids whose parents were working during COVID. To protect us from…

2 min readSep 4, 2020

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Nami

Cat Doll

All I wanted was a Yoo-Hoo.

4 min readJun 16, 2020

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Nami

B

At first I thought it was ketchup, or maybe cherry juice. The liquid splattered across the wall had exploded across the surface and had…

4 min readMay 16, 2020

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Nami

Near Portland

I am on a plane to Portland to see my boyfriend.

5 min readMay 6, 2020

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Nami

I’m embarrassed to say that the whole thing started because of stuffed animals.

I had a collection of plush dogs that I kept on a drawer in our living room. A friend of my mother’s came by to visit her. My mother was…

4 min readApr 28, 2020

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I’m embarrassed to say that the whole thing started because of stuffed animals.

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Nami

Soccer Ball

The first time my mother kicked my brother, I was four years old. I thought it was funny. He was curled up tightly, knees to his chest…

2 min readApr 20, 2020

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Nami

Karen

Fog sits like cream of mushroom soup on the lawn outside. I twist a napkin in my hand, watching it through the window. Dinner is on the…

1 min readApr 9, 2020

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Nami

The Mermaid

One day my mother left a mermaid on my bed. As a surprise.

2 min readMar 4, 2020

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Nami

Trail Mix

One time in college, my school signed me up to have my studio visited by Kara Walker, who had an exhibition in the Corcoran at the time. I…

4 min readDec 24, 2019

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Trail Mix

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Nami

Nami

I’m Nami! I write about autism, comics, and my life— less often than I should, but when I do, I try to make it worth your while.

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