I Drove Two Hours To My Lake House Expecting Silence Until I Opened The Door And Everything Changed

to be in my life: friends from Austin, colleagues, Jessica, neighbors who had been kind during the months the property sat in legal limbo. We grilled on the dock. Someone brought a guitar. People swam even though the water had turned cold, shrieking at the temperature and going in anyway.

I stood on my deck in the early evening, the sky turning amber continue reading …