Adventures Of A Rookie Superhero Page

I take a breath. My cape (a repurposed blackout curtain) flaps in the wind. My utility belt (a fanny pack with granola bars and band-aids) feels pathetically lightweight.

—crashing through a laundry line, getting tangled in a bedsheet, and landing face-first in a dumpster full of expired yogurt. adventures of a rookie superhero

For one glorious second, I am flying. The city sparkles below me, a sea of headlights and possibilities. I am magnificent. I am unstoppable. I am— I take a breath