I got a ring for Valentine’s Day.
Well, first there was a kickass cheese platter which brought great joy to my heart. Then, there was a home-cooked meal involving Cornish game hens, pastas, and cheesecake. And after, there was a little blue box.
I sat there feeling both genuinely surprised by “a serious gift” on a day [...]
Six more weeks (or in Chicago-speak, we’ll be looking at May/June)…
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My boyfriend texted, “Love you” to me before work this morning. It wasn’t the first time he’d told me, but I cried this time too. I sat there on my bed, with one boot successfully zipped up my left leg and the other looking woeful next to me, and I cried. Without sound or expression, [...]
Let’s see, how was that again? In 2009 I…
Moved to wordpress and renamed Speaking of… to Nic Narrates.
Got The Cough.
Went through another stupid break up.
Swore. A lot.
Convalesced and found happiness again at the beach.
Quit the gym.
Met a reader, then dated and fell for him.
Happy cried on my birthday.
Began the inevitable loss of a close friend.
Wrote [...]
It’s a reflective time of year and for me the end of the 00’s, as they’re calling them, not only marks the end of the decade but also the end of my 20s. I guess you could say it’s gotten me thinking.
Quite simply, I’m not at all where I thought I’d be as I approach [...]
I’ve almost told him countless times, but have held back. I’ve been wanting to find a way, a poetic way, to say “I love you.” And now that I have, now that the words are out there- floating somewhere between us, it’s not anything like how I thought it would be. Somehow, I can hardly believe, [...]
You always think it’d be a wonderful thing to be told that you’re loved- even better, that you’ll always be loved. You think that, but then when it happens, it’s never as straightforward as the idea would make it seem.
Mere days ago, Kit emailed to say he’s moving away- leaving this city, the state, this [...]
