SHORT STORIES / COMMENTARIES
One day, several years ago, when my mother and I decided to go shopping for clothes together, we stopped at a small, out-of-the-way store which was having a sale. Being the smart and thrifty shopper she had always been, my mother started scouting for the best deals, practical clothes in neutral colors which would “go with everything”, and which were her usual style. As she looked at some dark-color wool pants, I started casually looking through... MORE
If you have been considering to choose divorce as a way to solve your marital problems, there is one thing you absolutely must know before you proceed: it will hurt like hell. It will hurt, and then hurt, and then hurt some more. And when you think it is finally through hurting, it will take immense pleasure in surprising you with the biggest hurt yet. It won’t matter how sure you believe you were about making that decision, or how... MORE
So my yoga instructor told me all about being moderate. Not wasting energy. Saving it, spreading it evenly throughout life. After all, we just come here with a certain amount to spend, he says. It’s all about checks and balances, like everything else in this world. You spend too much of it, your candle burns out more quickly. You check out earlier. But if you manage your energy appropriately, you might last a few more years, while still keeping a decent quality of life. MORE
Vertical Divider
|
I had known him for years. Up until that moment, we’d had a neat little platonic relationship. But the day had come when I’d finally decided to mess things up.
Same old story. We used to be just good friends. Well, it’s true that there was a physical attraction going on; that we accidentally rubbed our arms against each other a little too often; and that maybe we had too much fun and spent too much time together, but... Things had never progressed from that point. Mostly we used to talk for... MORE 
Has anybody ever told you that love will sometimes bug you like a mosquito zooming in your ears on a sweaty night, not letting you sleep, sucking the life blood out of you whenever it has a chance, causing you to itch and scratch all over, making you sick?
Or that love will grow and spread like weeds on an abandoned garden until it completely takes you over? Or that love will intoxicate and impair you, making you drive your... MORE 
I was seventeen when I met Black Knight. I had just suffered the loss of a good, loyal Collie, and had decided I was not ready to go through it all again for awhile. It was then that my father heard the postman’s wife was giving away puppies. I finally couldn’t resist going to the town post office with a friend just to take a look. And there he was, my Black Knight. He was a tiny little thing, the runt of the... MORE
|
