MiyaLee
Hello.
MegChristman
Hey.
MiyaLee
OK. So if you could just read it and, yeah, it’s areally nice piece.
MegChristman
Cool. Oh, thank you. Yeah, OK. I’m going to try it.
MiyaLee
OK.
MegChristman
Cool.
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MegChristman
“We broke up all over New York City. No one blockcould see us through. I saw our split coming on Astor Place and on GreenpointAvenue. One night, we cried until our eyes were raw on the steps of an emptystorefront in Williamsburg. The end was near, we knew. A few years and manyfailed first dates later, I noticed a frozen yogurt shop had moved into thatempty storefront. So up the stairs, I crossed the threshold of our heartbreakand I savored all of those flavors inside. It was a sweet reminder of love, howone can never get enough.”
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MiyaLee
So you did eat a lot of frozen yogurt? You tried[LAUGHS] many different flavors of love.
MegChristman
[LAUGHS] Well, it’s like a 16 Handles. So you can justgo in and fill up your little cup at all the stations. It was just a funny,only kind of New York thing, you know? It’s like only in New York do you cry inpublic —
MiyaLee
[LAUGHS]
MegChristman
— so frequently. And then to have it become a frozenyogurt shop and you go inside. I’m just sitting there by myself one afternoon,just eating frozen yogurt and just kind of laughing at this moment I’m havingthat was the scene of something that felt so big at the time. And now is thescene of coconut and chocolate raspberry.
MiyaLee
That’s awesome, yeah. Well, thank you so much.
MegChristman
All right. Thank you. Have a good night and a goodweek.
MiyaLee
OK. Bye. Bye, Meg.
MegChristman
Bye. [MODERN LOVE THEME MUSIC]
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MiyaLee
Today’s essay is “The Holiday of My Dreams Was JustThat,” published in December 2007. It’s written by Paula McLain and read bySamantha Desz.
SamanthaDesz
The Sunday after Thanksgiving found my exhaustedfamily on the interstate in one of thousands of minivans pointed home withHello Kitty on the portable DVD player and Goldfish crackers and sippy-cups ondemand. At one point, my husband smiled mock grimly and said, “Look, honey, wehave the American dream.”
Strangely, I had just had the same thought but withoutthe irony. I had seen a station wagon whiz by in the other direction, anenormous Christmas tree strapped to its top. Then another similarly burdenedand another. Dozens of trees lashed to dozens of cars. The Christmas season hadbegun. And for perhaps the first time in my life, I didn’t dread it.
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