#PersonalEssay: The Fridge Door

(Originally written in 2012, edited today.)

This was the fridge door back in the day. Now my fridge door has become cluttered but with different items, including calendars that only mark the days and nothing else.

It’s in every home, apartment and even in garages—the fridge. For some, the fridge and in particular the fridge door, is transformed into the family bulletin board with:  doctor’s reminders; kids’ arts and crafts; report cards of a “job well done!” and photos.  However for me, the fridge door has had a different purpose: A cemetery of an imperfect past and an altar to perfect illusions.