Erica Peterson (she/her) is from Arizona, where she currently lives with her wife. She graduated from Northern Arizona University in 2024 with an MFA in creative nonfiction. At NAU, she served as managing editor for Thin Air Magazine and taught freshman composition and creative nonfiction. She also has a Bachelor of Music in music composition from Brigham Young University. Her work can be found in Permafrost Magazine and Hippocampus Magazine.

INSIGHT

Jonathan

By ERICA PETERSON

Will someone someday read this and know she was beautiful and good and kind?