Last weekend, our local farmer’s market had cases of white peaches for sale. They weren’t all ripe at the same time, so every few days I scalded a handful and tossed the delicious juice and chunks of bright orange peach into quart-sized freezer bags, in hopes of enjoying the taste of late summer ripeness even [...]
It never goes away
Today I went to a funeral for one of my best friend’s mother. Not because I was all that close with anyone in her family. Her brothers had never met me and I doubt her father would have remembered me. But when you’ve been friends with someone since middle school, it’s what you do. I [...]
Five Years
It’s been five years since I’ve been able to talk to you. After a lifetime of opportunities, we had finally started having an actual relationship. I was beginning to see you as just a person – moving beyond the titles. Unfamiliar territory cut short. Wasted chances that I wish I still had. How can I [...]
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