i am a writer. i am short by most standards, but tall according to my mother. i am mom to two boys. i am “honey,” if i’m younger than you. i am “ma’am” if i’m older (though i prefer “miss”). i am an insomniac. i am generally happy. i am caffeinated. i am a wife. i am not a wino, but i wish i was because i drink pinot grigio. i also drink franzia out of a box. i am okay with that. i am a creative writing instructor. i am a townie. i am a meat-eater, especially bacon. i am a professional thomas the train track builder. i am a proofreader. i am a hugger. i am obsessed with stationary. i’d rather read old newspapers than current events. i am a reader. i am all of these things, but not in this order. i am a talker. i am not good at athletic activities except for walking, and even then, i sometimes fall. i am good at remembering events, though often not words. i am awkward. i live in a past that’s not my own. i am blue-eyed and fair-skinned. i am tired. i am sister to a girl and two boys. i am a scrabble champion. i am bruised. i am not optimistic or pessimistic. i am impatient. i am a voa-er, a goodwill-er, a wannabe hippie. i am not a sports fan, though i like sports fans.

Sarah Cedeño received her BA in English, Creative Writing from SUNY-Brockport, and went on to complete her Master's Degree at Brockport in Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in the literary magazine Literary Mama, Redactions Poetry and Prose Journal, The Bellevue Literary Review and in the anthology Love Rise Up by Benu Press. She lives in Brockport with her husband and two sons. She teaches creative writing at SUNY-Brockport and is an MFA candidate at Goddard College in Vermont, where she is Lead Fiction Editor for The Pitkin Review.

MFAW at Goddard College in Vermont