I didn’t know the man. I had never met him. Even that morning I didn’t know his name. Yet there I was, sobbing uncontrollably at the news of his death. I had just taken my kids in to their school and when I came back to my car there was a text message from a […]
Perfect Living
Life & Cheesecake
It was one of those days. You know those days. A quick errand that turned into a scavenger hunt. Grocery shopping on your lunch hour. A full day at work where you had trouble breaking away even for a bathroom break, but at the end of the day you got in your car, looked back […]
You have the perfect body
I’ve been actively trying to lose weight for over a year and one of the tools I use to keep me motivated is being part of weight loss communities on social media. It’s not uncommon for someone there to share the weight tracking graph to show their progress or post their “stats” of starting weight, […]
The Perfect Love
He eases himself off the chair and she waits, poised to steady him if he needs. She helps him into his coat and waits patiently as he insists on zipping it up himself. She stays behind him as they go out the door into the strong, cold wind and slows her strides so as not […]
For Better or Worse (unless posting to Facebook)
Their marriage is ending. They’re a friend, an acquaintance, a family member. However they’re connected to you, their announcement is rattling. A divorce lawyer has been consulted, lives are being divvied, a family is falling apart at the marital seams that joined it. You went to their wedding. You remember their first date. You see […]