08/31/2026
This is the photo in my first ever Phoenix facebook post, on Sept 23 2017. I was so young then- 3ft tall, wet behind the ears, barely out of diapers.
Now, 9 years later, I'm 3ft wide, have dry skin behind the ears, and yes, I'm probably barely out of diapers, in a whole new much more upsetting way!
I still can't believe I get to do this for a living. I still look out my kitchen window at the storefront, and laugh, about how crazy it is that I get to go to work tomorrow at a bookstore.
I still get faintly annoyed when someone buys a book I like, as if the whole store is my private book collection. I still enjoy chatting with people, whether it's about books or not, and I still love it when a little kid finds a book that delights them. That's the best!
Thanks to my family for their help and most of all, thanks to all the book-lovers who come in and share their love of reading with me.
Man, I was really pushing the Jodi Piccoult books HARD that day.
