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...

Suitcase and Social Security

It’s 10:30. I am completely drained.This morning someone from the funeral home came to pick me up at 7:30 am to go to the social security office, report Dan’s death, and apply for benefits. I got Audrey dressed quickly and brought her down to a...

What Will Become of Us? 7.21.10

Dear Audrey,That’s such a dramatic question no? But it was a real question I asked your dad in the middle of kissing him a few months after we’d met. What we were feeling was so intense that it scared me and I didn’t understand where it was taking...

Do You Remember? 7.21.10

Our relationship was so complex. The passion it began with morphed into passionate arguments so quickly, but it certainly never dissolved. Before you left, we were arguing a lot. There was so much tension and so many questions about our future… how would we...