Under the guise of drunken foolishness, I refused the offered ride and began my walk home. The night was clear and the streets were quiet, it was calling to me. My quick and sure step brought me close to the couple walking ahead. Fear came from them, for me, the woman walking alone. Suggestions of how to take an attacker… (more…)
We don’t want crashers, I say, we want house guests. They come. Maybe they are crashers, but in our home they become house guests. They come. With their backpacks weighing them down, with their broken suitcases pulled along behind them, even with the overflowing stroller… hiding a small child. They come. They walk into our home, removing shoes at the… (more…)
Jennifer and the girls have been here for 1 1/2 weeks now. It feels like it is going fast yet I don’t feel like I am missing anything with them. We’ve been doing so much but yet… are not overdoing it. I am still allowing my body to dictate my day. I awaken early, I lay there for a while,… (more…)