Today

Today’s tasks so far- let Audrey complain for a while when she woke up at six something because I was too tired to get up. Get her up, change her diaper, dress her, feed her, give her her vitamin, brush her teeth- and…thankfully- hand her over to grandma...

Quiet

I’m alone tonight. I keep the baby monitor on loudly so it’s not too quiet in this room. It has been a draining day and I actually feel tired at only 10:30 pm which is unusual for me.Having not been alone that much yet, I find myself just sitting and...

More on Clothes

Clothes. So very ordinary and so very human. While sitting on the subway, I always used to stare at everyone’s shoes. Shoes on bankers and actors, on waitresses and hipsters, shoes on black people, white people, Mexicans, Chinese. People on subways always have...

Tribute

This is what I read at your funeral Dan. I wasn’t even aware that a bunch of people were listening. It was and remains from me to you:dear daniel, I feel as though I’ve been watching you go away for a large part of our relationship- on buses and trains...

Wet Clothes

I wasn’t prepared that Audrey would recognize your suitcase right away, but as soon as she got back from the library class with grandma and grandpa, she seemed delighted to see it standing there in our room. “Appa! Appa!” she said patting it...