Talking to You
Dear Bree, I was reading Audre Lorde’s Sister Outsider, and she asked, “What do you do with your … Read more
Teaching My Heart How to Beat Again
I am on phone with Jack at 2 a.m. when I lose it. “Breathe. Just breathe, please,” he is saying, but … Read more
Staying Alive
When it starts, this racing of my heart as if I am losing myself again. This palpitating of my heart … Read more
2022: When Everything Comes Crashing
Thursday, 7:33 p.m. I am on the phone with Scholar; I am trying to send her voice notes, but my … Read more
This is How it Ends (Part 2)
(If you have not read part 1 of this story, click here) I am seated on the passenger seat of the … Read more
This is How it Ends
The loud banging at my front door, simultaneous with the vibrating of my phone jostles me from … Read more
This is How My Heart Shatters
I am seated in a lone table at the farthest end of Big Square. The waitress, short, petite, bubbly, … Read more
Losing These Pieces
In a spur-of-the-moment decision, I slide my body into black sweatpants, a black sweatshirt, a black … Read more
The Silence Between Us
My phone starts ringing just as I pull my fleece blanket over my naked body, slumped in my living … Read more
The Happiness We Chase
I came home last night exhausted. My body was breaking into pieces, caving in at the knees, and I … Read more
