I am left by the side of the road, a fugitive leaning silently against a wall as I listen to his truck drive away. I'm tired, he said, of being the one who always has to be strong, and in that moment it was like he had wrapped me the most beautiful gift even as I crumpled, destroyed by the echo of those words leaving my own mouth, over and over ( Read more... )

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A 13-foot Burmese python burst after it tried to swallow a live, six-foot alligator whole.I eye the car-seat and laugh to myself. This is my little escape. I could cut off all my strength with this. I could hold up the pillars of any quiet holy place. The back windows have stickers in them, obviously applied by tiny fingers. This is my beehive ( Read more... )