Category: connection

“Mama, can I go to the pool?” I ask. Without even looking up she says, “No, baby. I told you the pool at this hotel isn’t working.” I know the pool isn’t full of water because it is the first question I ask whenever we are about to choose another hotel. Still, I say “I [...]

 What is it about a place? What defines it? Somewhere you feel that is a home? A refuge? Is it somewhere you have never experienced? A new feeling or a beautiful vision? Mostly, a place is thought of as a coffee shop more than a space inside the heart. But what is the difference? A [...]

  Dedicated to my husband. Happy anniversary. If I hadn’t met you when I did, I would have met you anywhere else. Maybe this would’ve been us, if we hadn’t been an us already. Except in my case, I’ve always known I was meant to be yours. There is a lot that goes into a [...]

The air had been cold for months now, December adds the sort of expectant chill that noses become accustomed to, the same way windshields do to frost. Clara had noticed this storm coming since early that afternoon. She could almost taste it on her tongue or feel it in her throat, the antithesis of hot [...]