“About me, you can do it this way,” they say. Instead of “As far as I’m concerned…” or “I like…” as I’ve always heard it before. “I don’t know did it come down or not,” they say—and they are not asking a question. The words carry the same meaning and inflection as, “I don’t know […]
I hunch on the corner couch—feet on the ottoman, head halfway up the back cushion, my body an awkward-shaped L. I should go into my office to write—I know I should. It would be better for my posture and my distractible mind. But I am comfortable and lazy. I like the soft cushion under me,
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In response to a recent blog post, “7 Things I’ve Learned about Marriage (After Two Months of It)” a reader wrote this poem. I liked it so well I wanted to share it with you. Thank you, EAN, for the poem. *** Just like a tapestry Carefully woven A marriage is born Where love is
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He’s not angel. Not demon. Just flesh. I thought I would come to know someone different: a hero perhaps. In my mad moments, someone inferior: dumber, meaner, more annoyed. Turns out he’s made of the same substance I am. Wrong sometimes. Right sometimes. Always best when he’s not aware of it. In
So maybe it’s laughable for someone who’s been married only two months to try to say anything at all about it yet. All the same, I know a whole lot more about marriage now than I did seventy-five days ago when we started it. Here’s what I’ve learned.
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