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Yearning

Are you going to be healthy now? he asked me How can a girl answer a questionwith so many longings tied up in it The old “normal”PeaceWholenessRest not tinged with worryTogetherness with no deadline Yes, I smiled,a little too...

Over Dinner

The romantic comedy always ends when the couple finally gets together. But anyone who’s been married for even a month knows those fledgling days aren’t a true harbinger of what’s to come. When we were first married, the stark contrast between the romantic days of...

Small Things

I wrote this a few days after learning that I had cancer.   Now, when the gravity of life weighs too heavy on meDetails seem safe.I brush my teeth with care.I even floss.I wash a dirty plate until every speck of egg is gone.My closet is almost tidy again,...