I never planned on saying any of this out loud. But my therapist, Dr. Whitfield, told me last spring
Brenda Whitfield set the alarm for five, though she hadn't really slept anyway. She lay in the dark
My mother showed up at my door on a Tuesday in March, dragging a suitcase that weighed maybe eight pounds.
Marcus Webb had worked the overnight shift at the Coastal Carolina Aquarium in Myrtle Beach for six years
My name's Danny Kowalczyk, I'm forty-one, and for nine years I ran the parts counter at a transmission
Marlene Whitfield kept the receipt from the auto parts store for six years before she finally understood
I'm seventy-one years old, and in forty-two years of marriage I never once told my husband I can'
Earl Hutchins had been walking since sunrise, and by the time the light started going gold and low over
The man came through the diner door dragging one leg, blood crusting above his eyebrow, his jacket streaked
Barbara Kowalczyk set down her coffee mug, since the chamomile tea had long gone cold, and started packing