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Damn sure better than rain.

I went to my first Al-Anon meeting. I wasn’t nervous at all when I left for the meeting. When I got there and sat down I was suddenly doing all my nervous things. People were inviting and warm, but also … Continue reading

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Just hold on.

I’m having a moment where I’m trying to remember all our lasts. In case you don’t come back. In case the devastation of that undoes me so irrevocably that I can’t recall a single thing about today. Or yesterday. I … Continue reading

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I knew I loved you then.

I’m lying here next to my husband and it’s almost 2am. In the trick of the dim light, he looks like someone I only half recognize. Which is an interesting metaphor for everything else. My brain can’t wrap around the … Continue reading

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I saw the world spin beneath you.

I thought it couldn’t get worse this morning. Or maybe I knew that it would and that’s why I was so terrified. I was even more scared when Chris told me about catching me talking to some guy on fb. … Continue reading

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