They were laughing in the kitchen, making food. And while they spoke, he watched them, his head turning first to one, then the other. The man said something especially witty that made the woman throw her head back with delight. She made a funny sound when she laughed, the woman, but he loved it because […]
Them – A Love Story {8}
“Today’s the day,” she says, intensely looking down at him from her perch. She is back from her morning power walk, and still a little out of breath. Her heart eagerly pounds away inside her chest. Straddling him, as she always does, she appears, in the moment, to be a wise, old owl. Her big […]
Them – A Love Story {7}
When he wasn’t drinking, or listening to music, or working, her daddy sometimes took her for long walks through the winding trails of a neighboring nature preserve that meandered inland from their house on the coast. He always seemed to just know things. She vividly remembers the day he taught her about “working” trees. “Do […]