Monthly Archives: December 2011

a warm winter afternoon, barely dancing leaves still securely attached to a small bush at the center of our picture window, as if they belonged there forever. patches of sunlight framing the neighbor’s damp, leftover autumn leaves, my sister-in-law walking … Continue reading →

  Boys will be boys. Every time I hear it, my heart breaks. No harm intended by the speaker, after all, boys will be… what? I don’t know the answer. I had a new thought beyond the way the conversation … Continue reading →

I lean close to the mirror beneath fluorescent lights and wish I hadn’t given myself a clear view of every wrinkle and pore, age that doesn’t show up in photos taken of tanned faces beneath summer’s sunlight five years ago, … Continue reading →