Since the doctor gave me the thumbs up to go back to work as soon as I felt comfortable, I decided to see who my sub in the band was tonight. Not that I’m worried or anything. I was irreplaceable. It’s just that the band, Failing Upward, was my life. While the flower shop centered …
Everyone Knows
Part 1 How could they know? I had been nothing if not loyal, caring, giving, and kind. How could anyone know how self-loathing and lonely I was, when I did not even know it myself…yet. I can not understand this. Even now, these many decades later, when I can acknowledge the inner pain I carried …