A Glittered Card Read Aloud On Christmas Night While The Fire Burned And Everybody In That Room Laughed
She made me read it out. Roses are red, violets are blue, we don’t want a sick grandma, Christmas is not for you. Marisol stood by my…
Three Years Of Complaints About A Colour That Had Been On Those Boards Longer Than Either Of Them Lived There
The house sits on a corner lot and it has been yellow since long before the newlyweds arrived. They started with remarks, then demands, then the police…
A Sheet Cake With His Name On It And A Banner Sagging Over The Fireplace Before I Even Took My Coat Off
They were already applauding when I came through the door. My brother had my father’s recliner, a beer in one hand and a folder on his knee,…
Three Years Of Silence That They Told Everyone Was Proof Of Something Wrong With Me Instead
The letter came on a Tuesday and Callum put his coffee down when I read the first line aloud. My father’s attorney needed my signature to preserve…
Twelve Years Of Payroll Emergencies And Overnight Flights Bought Every Square Foot Of A House He Called Ours
Third night in, paint still in the air, boxes half unpacked in the hallway, and my husband standing barefoot on the marble with a beer telling me…