For weeks there have been rumblings; change is coming, shifts in the paradigm, boundaries tested. Just when I got my family where I wanted them, they’re changing it up on me. My parents are walking away from their home. And although they don’t need to, they can still afford to rent a new place and [...]
Yesterday was my birthday and tonight I’m having a little get together with some friends from high school, college, and work. I’ve been looking forward to it for weeks, even though I don’t particularly enjoy planning large parties or gatherings- especially for myself. Which is why the whole thing has gotten a bit…anxiety-producing. Like, there [...]
“Hiii fffriend!” loudly slurred the beanbag throwing Drunken Mess in front of my building as I arrived home Sunday evening. Somehow, in the four or five foot width of the Old Style strewn sidewalk, he and his “bros” found room enough to bust out the “Cubs-themed” Cornhole. Four years I’ve lived here, four, and not [...]
“What do you think of this silverware?” the boy asked while we stood filling the cart with household staples. He moved into a new place recently and had requested my help in outfitting it with a few odds and ends. “It’s ugly,” I told him flatly. It was true, the flatware was flatly ugly. “Ugly,” [...]
