The Wish Master
“You know I’m proud of you, right?” My brother said that to me once. We were standing in the driveway after a family dinner, both of us about to get into our separate cars and drive back to our separate lives. He said it quickly, almost as an afterthought. Like he had been carrying it … Read more
I once sent a birthday meme to someone who did not think it was funny. Not offensive. Not mean. Just — not funny to them. I could tell from the response. A polite “haha thanks” with a period at the end. The period is the tell. Nobody who genuinely laughed puts a period after “haha.” … Read more
The average person has fifty-two birthdays with their mother. Fifty-two. That is the number you get if your mother lives to a typical age and you were born when she was in her twenties. Some people get more. Some people get far fewer. Some people are reading this with a mother who is unwell and … Read more