They sit together on the couch, a foot and a half between the two of them, a lovely young couple.
How long have you two been together? I ask.
They look at each other. We’re just friends right now.
I couldn’t hide my surprise.
I just got out of a long relationship, she says.
But you’ve proposed to her? I […]
It started in the supermarket.
A girl down the aisle looked just like her from the back. An electrical shock flashes through your chest and you tighten up. You walk by her with your breath held and your face taut.
She’s not her, it’s okay, you keep walking, you keep on moving.
Then maybe days later you’ll […]
Once upon a time a nice girl that I liked said to me when I was feeling down, “Smile, God loves you.”
A flash of her smile, a trail of bright pastel colors, and she’s gone down the hall.
Eventually she became an emptiness I no longer miss, but I remember her kindness, even though at the […]