It isn’t every day that you get to sit at a table and have your past sitting across to your left, and your future sitting across to your right. That you get to watch them interact – exchanging music tips, debating politics, and trading laughs in the dark. That you watch your future buy your [...] Read More…
When is the last time you received a love letter? Handwritten. Heartfelt. And delivered to your door. Thinking back, I can only recall two occasions. Once, in early college an ex-boyfriend brought me a note after we broke up. It was composed on white lined paper, likely during an Econ class, and torn unevenly from [...] Read More…
When you have your sights on someone it’s normal to find yourself daydreaming about chance encounters with them. You fantasize about bumping into each other on street corners. In the grocery store. Your local coffee shop. And, of course, your doorstep. Well this almost never happens. That would be too perfect. The reverse occurs once [...] Read More…
There are some people you say goodbye to and it’s forever. Or at least you think you do. When old friends resurface it’s usually to meet for drinks, to catch up, and then disappear. Again. When old boyfriends resurface it’s complicated. Because like old friends they know you. But better. And like old friends, you [...] Read More…
Over the past six months I have had several people from my past resurface. I have reconnected with old friends who weren’t really just friends. And reconnected with a dear friend who was. Despite a five year hiatus we met for dinner, apologized for our absences, and over bowls of pasta once again, became just [...] Read More…
Suckerpunched. That’s how I felt yesterday upon checking the mail and discovering a letter from The Firefighter. I would recognize his handwriting anywhere – all capitals – very severe, but somehow elegant. I turned the envelope over in my hands and waited until getting to the stairwell to open it. I couldn’t even read it [...] Read More…
Totally caved. Finally Googled The Firefighter after 15 months. Not sure what I was expecting to find. An engagement story? A birth announcement? An online wedding registry? Found nothing of the sort. Just a listing for his old company and a newspaper article from 2007. Whew. Read More…