Tears dry on their own

It’s been five days without Teo and I’ve finally stopped crying.  I was able to stop on Friday but now I can look at our picture from my birthday and not well up with tears (for the most part).  I put the picture of us next to my bed and not a day goes by [...]

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It’s over

I had some some sort of anxiety mid-life crisis(esque) situation in class today.  Every time I take a reporting or journalism class, it reminds me more and more that I am not a journalist.  I was in the news room during class finding stories to cover and I nearly broke into tears.  I was sitting there [...]

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A single tear

The local mix station on the radio went to static as I turned up the temperature of the shower water.  Steam enveloped the room, every breath harder than the last–slower, deeper, steadier.  I stood there water pouring down my thin frame.  I lifted my head and let the scalding water pour over my face.  I [...]

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