Had one of those conversations at work last week that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. You know the kind - where you have to address something t...
Three weeks of anniversary planning notes scattered across my coffee table, and I’m finally seeing the real story they tell.
Michelle showed up with coffee and good intentions to help me figure out where all my money went this month. Turns out having a personal trainer friend who’s...
Jake came home from work to find me surrounded by chord charts and what can only be described as the musical equivalent of a crime scene.
Found my marathon medal this morning while digging through the junk drawer for batteries. Still in the plastic bag from 2015, still tangled with the safety p...
Sarah texted me at 5:30 asking if I was free tonight because she had news. Big news. The kind that apparently requires champagne on a weeknight.
Finally closed my notebook after three weeks of anniversary planning, and honestly? The whole process taught me more about Jake and me than I expected.
Alex showed up at 2pm with a notebook and the most serious expression I’ve ever seen him wear for anything non-work related. “I want to learn this properly,”...
Carmen has this sixth sense about when I’m having a weird night. I was sitting on the living room floor at 9pm, surrounded by Jake’s entire wardrobe folded i...
Alex showed up at my door tonight with a large pepperoni pizza and a very serious need to discuss our third-place finish at trivia night. Apparently, we lost...
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