I got up early and bought us huge blueberry muffins from a place that serves them with clotted cream to dip them in. He shows me the bagel and I show him the muffins and the cream and we marvel at ourselves. I think that is part of love too. Basking in the wonder of how great you are for each oth...
pat that I decide I can’t possibly drive. It wouldn’t be safe. For a split second I consider calling Beck, who definitely owes me a ride anyway, but I can’t make my fingers press the buttons, and I call Lisha instead. “Please tell me you are inviting me over to drink a bottle of wine in your walk...
Devon holds my hand to walk me to his car. Because of the ice, he says. We both have mittens on, so the grasp is soft and clumsy and reminds me mostly of being a little kid. Devon in general reminds me of when I was a little kid. So does snow. We don’t speak on the ride to my house, except when D...
She once made a pink sundress for my teddy bear and a wedding gown for my favorite doll and a wool coat for my stuffed cat because I was worried he was getting cold in the winter months. Those are things that happened, even though they don’t fit in with the Way Things Are Now. We’re not allowed i...