always talking
When I was little, we lived above my dad’s office in Bed-Stuy. My dad said he would see my mom and me outside the window and think, “What are these two talking about?” Now I can talk, I can talk. My mom listened. When the nurse said, “It’ll be soon,” I wasn’t surprised. That day, my mom said to me, “JoAnn, I can’t listen to you anymore.” She always listens to me. Five years after his passing, I still haven’t seen anyone who makes me feel that way. Maybe my mom set the bar too high.
even on dark days
Subject: “Here comes the sun.” Email: “You don’t know me, but your late husband was my fourth grade teacher. Every winter he would bring his guitar and the whole school would sing along to the Beatles. He warned us every day, even on the darkest day. He would bring more light from now on. I want you to know that every year on this day, my friends and I use Zoom to sing songs and remember Mr. Trump. Pearl. .
Paris, December 2025: Our first time together. We stood in front of the Ritz and asked passersby to take our picture. “We’ll be back here in 2025 for our 10th anniversary: We bought a flat in London. We’re broke. We spent our anniversary in a cheap restaurant in Paris. 2014: We are happy and ready. We are planning Paris and exploring the place. The Ritz is closed for renovations. Three years. 2025 arrive at the Ritz. The staff took our pictures and put them in our room on our next trip.
In December 2025new days, my husband and I went in his old green truck to buy a Christmas tree. Shortly after we got married, we spent all our money on a dilapidated farm. We can’t afford a tree, we have to find one. Miraculously, he was there. My husband found his body and we watched him fall. I think we are all sad. That secret moment that everyone could see was seen by one deer. To this day, I wonder if the deer knew what he saw.