Shannon Andrada

Shannon Andrada is currently studying to obtain her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).

This Will Be the Happiest Time of Your Life

I’m sitting in my grandmother’s backyard, lying in the sun on a lounge chair. Tears fill my eyes, and soon I’m sobbing. At times I justify my crying at everything, saying that sensitive people are the best kind of people, but at other times, like now, I do not justify it. I know that I am behaving like a fool.