We raise them to soar.
We trust and we know.
A wobble and shake.
A gasp and a giggle.
Until one day, you remember that you forgot.
My mom is currently over from the UK (to visit her new grandchildren, not to visit me). When she first arrived she saw my scooter as it’s parked next to my car and she decided that she’d like to go for a jaunt on it. I wasn’t convinced that it was a good…
Upon seeing me crying after ending things with my then partner:
Boom. Boom. Boom.
My heart goes on, with a force I never imagined. I thought without you, I'd crumpled up and wither away.
My dad tells a story about me from childhood. It is the disappearing Gail story. I was born with an internal timer mandating sleep at darkness. He said when I was young, I would put myself to bed without a word to anyone. If…