The Good Samaritan by Vincent Van Gogh While the kids watch TV my husband and I steal a quiet moment at the edge of the yard. Sitting side-by-side at the end of the driveway, the garage shades us as we talk about the morning’s sermon. “I really liked the...
“The babysitter’s coming tomorrow.” I say as we shuffle back and forth in the bathroom getting ready for bed. “I have to see my Psychiatrist,” I add, drawing out the word in a way that makes it sound fancy. Even now, seven months after...
“What this place needs is a box full of kittens.” This is what I told my fellow patients, my therapist, and anyone else who would listen in the psychiatric hospital this summer. I wasn’t really kidding. My kids were spending a good bit of time at a...
An American soldier is comforted after learning of the death of his friend. Korean War 1950 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to herthat she has served her...
I’m sitting on the couch when it comes, cycling through my usual websites with a growing sense of dread. I feel frozen, unable to move on to something else even though I know I need to. A wave of heat washes over my body, rising up my back, my neck,...
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