At Least They're Committed

“Well, that was pretty harsh.” “Oh,” she looks up. “Hey! Haven’t seen you for a while.” He smiles, standing directly in front, hands in his coat pockets. “You haven’t needed to.” “So what’s up?” “Like I said, that was harsh.” “Oh, that? Sorry. Didn’t mean it to be. If there were any part of me… Read more

All right, Gabriel, here are the revisions. Yes, grandkids, I was being unkind because I’m extremely anti-smoking. But, yes, I need to keep in mind everyone is special and lovely in his or her own say. Read more

I brought her home because I was afraid she’d die at work.  Weird. We just watched “Gamers” and I can’t remember what it was I was gonna say. Oh, oh, ….oh yeah. I brought Audrey Rose II in because she is another work castoff and she’s a bear paw plant and needs a lot of sun… Read more

…my left thumb under my fingers. When I’m really insecure both my thumbs disappear. Fetal position. I’m quite sure if they had an ultrasound in 1961 that’s what they’d see. Personalized by me. Nobody knows that, though. It’s not like they don’t know I’m insecure. Well, cuz maybe I’m not really. A lot of people… Read more

My big boss had to take a call during our last staff meeting. We were, the five of us, sitting around the large white table in the middle of the office and, in hushed tones so as not to disrupt her call, we continued. “What ever happened about that cystic fibrosis press release?” I asked… Read more

Trying to scream, trying to scream, nothing coming out until my husband shakes me and asks me if I’m OK. I gasp, awake. Awful, awful, trying to shake the images. . . I recalled to D and DSII later that morning in the car how I’d dreamed we were on a cruise, on the deck, with… Read more