A conversation between my friend Alice and me. Regarding Roy.
Alice: “I think I need to go to your parents’ and spend time with your dad ahead of the trip, Andra. I mean………..um……….well……………I’m going to be spending a week with him, and……………well……….he’s…………um—”
Me: “Impossible? Horrifying? Somewhat smelly?”Continue Reading
I walked out of my childhood bedroom. Dad stood in the room across the hall.
Door wide open.
Toilet seat up.Continue Reading
“Surprise!!!!”
Mom walked up behind me, and in the second before I turned around, I had a flashback.
I was in elementary school. The inside of Coker’s Department Store was a cave. Fluorescent lights spotlit stuff. Clothes and shoes. Sheets and blankets. China and fancy table linens.
And lingerie. Racks and racks of lace and silk, elastic and cotton.Continue Reading