“I know he’s drawn to me”, I cried through my tears as I sat on the carpeted floor in my living room with Yali’s thin arms around me. She held me, lovingly, crouching beside me, as the sobs shook me. It was such a relief to cry, to cry in the arms of a friendContinue reading “Words fall short”
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Adventure buddies — Life companions
The alarm clock wrenches me out of deep sleep. It’s 10 AM. In an hour, I have to get on Zoom for a work training. Back to the reality of the daily grind, I drag myself out of bed, my mind still full of the emotions from the past five days and my body stillContinue reading “Adventure buddies — Life companions”
Scared of my feelings
“Yeah, I was thinking, ‘I dealt her all six of the cards’…” The world seems to stop for a fraction of a second, then Bert continues, “I think I gave you all the cards…” This was two weeks ago. And those sentences, including the pronoun her, were referred to me. Bert & I were onContinue reading “Scared of my feelings”
