Monthly Archives: September 2011

Compassion wells up unexpectedly, often with eyes meeting eyes. The light turns red and lands my car next to the woman holding a cardboard shoebox top, “Anything Helps” scrawled in black. Handing her the muffins I’d planned to give my … Continue reading →

Loneliness. It creeps up in little moments of insecurity, maybe after a couple nights of insomnia, after drinking ill-timed wine, in crowded places or quiet living rooms. It’s sneaky, finding ways to slip around my defensive arguments of: “But my … Continue reading →