I had time to kill after school. My girl had an activity that would keep her for longer than I had activities to fill it. I left the grocery store and felt lost as soon as I got in the car. “I don’t know what to do, God. Where to go.” “Nancy.” Clear as …
I’ve had the ingredients in my fridge for a week now. I just couldn’t bring myself to use them. They’d been all packed up and ready to make for someone we loved. I didn’t want to make it and eat it ourselves. It’d taste like something broken. The girl and I, we put on our …
A few years back, I looked in the mirror and saw pain. It was raw and I fought to not pick up something, anything to protect myself. I was tired of bleeding out from the heart. But I looked again at my reflection. I did not want to lose this thing; this living life. I …
I miss them. I miss how they squeezed my feet like little hugs and I could slide on the wooden floor. I miss how soft they were and the fact that I had another pair just as wonderful in a different pattern and I would trade off wearing them so they wouldn’t get their feelings …
Took a walk in the rain, and as it misted in my eyes, this song came to mind so I plugged it in my head and listened close….. Sometimes? I scroll through these “freaking awesome stand on my head beside myself blessed” declarations coupled with commercial quality pictures of smiles so big and having so …