Wedding Day
Lucy and Little Jo discovered our wedding video last summer. They could hardly hold themselves still on the couch for a second before flitting off…
33 Items
In an old journal of mine is a list — an unassuming one, with no header — jotted down in ballpoint blue. I was sixteen…
It Happened in the Month of March
Almost ten years ago, over mixed berry pancakes and two mugs of tea, Y asked if I would consider dating him.
I said “no” on the spot, as kindly as I could, but that’s a reason and a story for another time.
It was March.
When We Point the Way Home for Each Other
Yesterday did me in, friends. It was the rain, or a few miscalculations of time, or this cold, or our usual mad dash to get…
The Best of Marriage, And Why It’s Beautiful That It Ends
We are eight years in. We’ve been angry with each other, and sometimes we’ve sat in silence watching our flaws spiral our sense of closeness…