Dishes
The other day, I asked my beloved to please rinse his dishes when he puts them in the sink. He said, “That’s what the dishwasher is for.” Instead of burning the house to the ground, I put on eyeshadow and reminded myself that we’re all just big children running around and the “roommate shit” side of marriage is for the g.d. birds.
“The Promise That Tested My Parents Until the End”
"She was from the farmland west of Chicago, with her wide Midwest smile and broad vowels, and she had a voice that turned heads when she sang “Salve Regina” at Sunday Mass…