Author: Harlan Covington

**Diary Entry – A Call from the Past: The Return of a Father** I shut the fridge door, wiping my hands on a rag.

Happiness in Fragments Henry received a call from his mother—she asked him to hang a shelf in her kitchen.

This battle’s been dragging on for six years, ever since they got married. Olivia and James have a four-year-old

**Diary Entry** For a month now, she’s been on the edge. Wounded, furious, utterly alone. Retreating

**Diary Entry** When Simon and I first met, we were both in our thirties—old enough to know better but

**Diary Entry: Too Late for “Sorry”** The old man slumped onto the cold bench in the park

We’ve spent ten years together, but because of my father, she took the children and left… I’m thirty-four.

**Dear Diary,** “Mum, why did you decide this? We live in warmth and comfort now, and you’re all alone

**Diary Entry** For a month now, she’s been on the edge. Wounded, furious, utterly alone. Retreating

She had promised the girl would stay with her grandmother… but everything changed. “Arthur, what’