At first love was just something that never happened, Another what if? But then it grew. As everyone around me fell in love or chose to avoid it I longed for it. When you’re a child A kiss is just a kiss The older you get the more meaning it has It starts to represent …
Why do I let you make me feel like shit? When you get angry or upset with me it’s never a fight. You give me the silent treatment And I’m left trying to figure out what I did to wrong you. I try to understand how this escalated Meanwhile, I know that I can’t ask …
Recently, I started going to this book club with my mother. The book club features a group of older, Mormon women with whom I have nothing in common. Our last book was Circe by Madeline Miller. The main topic of conversation was the book’s comments on aging. Circe admires how humans can age and get …