Bathtub ( It's the little things that count )

During this summer holiday, me, my daughter and my mother spent two days in a hotel, because we were visiting a big water park here in Norway. This was my first long road trip after I had purchased my car, so we were planning on going to the water park, the day after we arrived. When we arrived at the hotel, and checked into our hotel room, we quickly noticed that something was wrong with the shower. The shower wouldn’t lower its temperature, so I almost got scolded while desperately trying to have a quick rinse. The summer heat had taken a toll on me while driving to our hotel, because the AC in my car didn’t work. 

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Through the eyes of a child

During one of the last months of winter (around end of March), my daughter and I, were on our way to kindergarten. It was early in the morning, so it was still dark outside. As we were walking, I noticed how slippery it was outside, since the ground was sparkling. Suddenly, my daughter yells: 

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Jerk off (2014)

It was summer, and I was on my way home from the gym. I had just got off at the bus stop where I was living, and at the time, I was 18 years old. I was living at a place called 'Moy' here in Grimstad. (Moy is in the countryside).  As I was crossing the road and walking into the street of my neighborhood, a dark brown car was pulling up behind me. 

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Red lights (2022)

It was June 2022, and the summer had just begun. Me and my best friend were both so tired, because we had barely gotten any sleep the night before. We were both so excited for our trip, and the sun had been shining late into the night. We took a taxi to the airport in Kristiansand, and our flight to Amsterdam was departing at 06:10 am in the morning. We arrived at Amsterdam airport 07:35 am, and took the bus to a station that was near our hotel.

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Blanket (2021)

Around 3 years ago, I was on my way home from kindergarten with my daughter. I was walking her in her stroller, and my daughter was awake, enjoying the view. At the time, my daughter went to a different kindergarten, so I had walked for around 30 minutes at this point (and I still had another 10–15 minutes left).

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Eraser (2006)

When I was 10 years old, I was at school one day, and I had an eraser that I didn't like. I actually thought that it looked ugly. (It was one of those classic, very common erasers. The ones who were shaped like a square and had been white in the beginning when you first bought them, but after using them for a while, they'd become gray). 

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True colors ( like a rainbow )

We were standing outside of a club, casually talking. I looked at her with an unfamiliar feeling inside of me. Was this person attracted to me? Why is she talking to me? Is she hitting on me? – Were thoughts that were going through my 16 year old head. She had dark, short hair, and was quite tall. I thought that she looked both handsome and beautiful at the same time. Was I attracted to this woman?

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Bread rolls

Last week, my daughter said to me: "Mom, can we have a breakfast with ALL of the different things on the table? Do you remember what you said, mom? That we could have a breakfast like that EVERY Saturday!?"

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Stranger on the bus (2017)

I was 21 years old and on my way home from work. At the time, I was working in a jewellery store, and I remember that I was exhausted that day. I had been serving customers all day, and my feet were hurting so bad from standing on that concrete floor for 7 hours. (We were not allowed to sit down in the store).

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