Old Linoleum

I received a text with the words “Here we go!” yesterday morning. The photo attached caused my heart to dip.

Personal photo taken by Katie Huey

My mom’s having the downstairs bathroom remodeled in the house I grew up in. Gone are the blue vanity and wood-rimmed mirror I stood at each morning, curling my hair to get ready for high school. The traces of eye glitter from middle school swept away into a dumpster I imagined a contractor put in the driveway.