He’s so angry. He’s throwing everything he can reach. He’s screaming. He kicks a bucket as he walks by. It’s like there’s a tornado inside him wanting to destroy everything he can see. He’s 7-years old. In his torment I see myself. I can feel the rage he’s experiencing. Because I’ve felt it so many […]
Month: February 2021
A Bad Influence
Every morning she keeps watch for him. As we edge closer to school and pass by his street, she cranes her neck looking for him. If we spot him walking to school surrounded by his gaggle of sisters, I dutifully pull over and she tumbles out of the car to get to walk with him […]
Ashes & Mascara
Lent is approaching rapidly. Ash Wednesday is this week. I’ve avoided the questions of “what are you going to do for Lent,” but soon those questions will be in present tense rather than future tense and I won’t be able to dodge any longer. I actually love Lent and look forward to a mostly depressing […]
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 […]