brief reunion

...we sit together in the small living room, balancing plates on our knees and doing our best to keep up the conversation despite the fact that there are some genuinely difficult conflicts unresolved between a few of us. And the fact that some of us are dead. It’s a surprise to see them, my grandparents. Odder still is the appearance of… Continue reading brief reunion

daycare rescue

Somehow, I have become two people. There is the adult version of me, as I am now. And there is the teenaged version of me.  Together, we are plotting to rescue my youngest daughter from her daycare. The details of why she needs rescuing aren’t explained but, armed to the teeth and sick with worry, we make our plans. (Even in my… Continue reading daycare rescue