The school bus lumbered down the road that morning, carrying the few dozen of us to our prospective schools. My friend sat beside me, chattering away. At one point she flipped her white-blond hair over her shoulder and said, “We could have a special club, just for girls with blonde hair! Except, well, yours is…
When we got married, we liked each other– a lot. And we called it love because that’s what you do. But then it was only weeks after the wedding and I was stumbling into a year of depression and to be honest? I wasn’t very likable. I’m pretty sure the only person who actually enjoyed being around…
We walked into the store and settled the little ones in a booth. Sunday morning had dawned early so we packed up the three-year-old and ten-year-old and went into town for breakfast. It was too late when I saw him, walking toward us with lollipops held out. “For the kids,” he said, his mussed gray…
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