I felt you last night in my dream. There was a baby bat motionless in the grass, it’s thin, silvery skin draped over a few inches of lawn. I was so excited about picking it up with my trembling fingers and running into the house to show you this rare thing I had discovered…in the middle of the morning no less. But as I bent down to pluck its quivering body from the damp blades, it flew away – in a stuttered, batty fashion – but […]
Categories: slumber • Tags: dreams, love letter
“Every day you make me proud.” He was at the kitchen sink peeling golden beets when he said that. He’s my best friend, my lover, my reason, and at that moment, he was the father I never had.
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Mom and dad always get nervous when sister or I take rides from strangers. I was going to drive to LA last weekend but lost by license somewhere during the walk from the laundry room to the car. Since I like to speed, I thought it’d be better to be a passenger with a licensed driver and found one through craigslist’s rideshare. When I told my parents, they responded with, “Who are you riding with? Do you know them? Are […]
Categories: stories
For many people, being wanted is a long, painful battle. Just to live life and to feel like a needed human being we have to arm ourselves with artillery and pick a side. The common gal combats love with a mist of perfume on her neck and stained lips. She wins her dinner party by going to Whole Foods to pick up a steaming quart of rice pilaf and comes home to serve it in Heath ceramic bowls. But for […]
Categories: secrets
“It feels like swinging on a hammock over a wheat field.” How it feels to lie on your belly and have someone else with long, soft hair, sweep it to and fro over your back.
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“Have you ever said the Salvation Prayer?” “The Salvation Prayer? I’ve never heard of it. I did a lot of praying growing up but I don’t think any of the prayers I said went by that name.” “It will save you. Will you say the prayer with me?” I practice yes. With our hands embraced, I repeated several lines after her. “You will be saved. You won’t go to hell with this prayer.” “But only if I mean what I […]
Categories: stories • Tags: belief, faith, God, Jesus, prayer, religion
There’s a man who’s been living in my brain all year. I don’t know him, but I want to.
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“I am asking you Andrea, to give me a chance. I promise you that if you allow yourself to get to know me through your heart, through your experience of me, and our time together, you will be glad you did. You will find that I am thoughtful, forgiving, Loving, and fun. And if we decide we want to know what it is like to be together, you will find yourself being Loved in a way that you never thought […]
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