Category Archives: relationships
(re)discovering my “type” (if such a thing exists)
In early 2009, my then-sponsor suggested I write a list of all the qualities I wanted in a man. I was to put the list in my god-box and wait. I can’t tell you what was on that list. I threw it away after my second date with Jack. I suppose he had things on […]
early indications of a doomed relationship
I’m going through old journals as I find them, though “journal” is generous. I’ve always walked around writing things down, sometimes snippets and other times outpourings, but they’ve rarely had the neat structures of my adolescent diaries. Reading through these notes and stories and ramblings is akin to piecing together a puzzle of my life. […]
this is what the 779th day looks like
Since Jack died — in a bit less than an hour, it’ll be 779 days since I got The Phone Call — I’ve been unable to read anything by Anne Lamott. It’s not that her writings — especially the ones on spirituality — won’t help; they probably would. Moreso it’s the memory I have of […]
