I picked at the dried mud cradling my feet, flakes crumbling under my fingernails as chunks of dirt cracked off and fell to the soggy ground. The wind whispered by my face giving sweet relief to the sun’s heat that was trying to beat through intermittent clouds, but neither the wind nor the sun dried […]
Last week my parenting skills triumphed. I mean, I had it all together. Brian was gone, but the girls and I were great. Sick, sure. Missing him, definitely. But I could handle life by myself. No. Trouble. For months we’ve been planning and talking about a family “work” trip. The girls and I would tag […]
The Abu boy picked his way through the sticky jungle with some other children, despite the tribal fighting going on between their people and a neighboring group, the Mbore. Perhaps the children were stalking through the undergrowth using their homemade slings to shoot flying foxes. Maybe they were shouting simply to hear their own muffled […]
In college my roommate and I used to get into her boxy black Jeep and drive. Just drive. We didn’t have a destination, we simply picked a road that looked interesting and drove until we felt it was time to turn around… which was usually when we started craving Jersey Mikes. We spent many moments […]
A pile of store-bought fried dough claiming to be doughnuts sat on the counter; they lied. A pitcher of sugary red Tang and several bottles of neon orange Fanta brightened the inside of the fridge with their cheery unnaturalness. Tea, sugar, milk, and a fresh pot of coffee perched expectantly in their various dedicated spots […]
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