“Stand clear of the closing doors, please.”
Then, as the subway doors begin to close, I hear the one sound I look forward to every day: Ding-dong.
My weekdays begin about an hour earlier when my alarm wakes me up. As I fight with my body to get out of bed, I wake up next to my niece. Some days, I have to get her ready for pre-K while my mom and my older sister return from their night shifts. On those days, our morning routines start the night before: I make sure we both bathe, brush our teeth, and have our schoolwork ready for the next day…