“How is that a dad joke?” “Ummm, cuz I’m a dad and I made it.” Oh, he was a dad. This wasn’t on her radar. At all. Notorious for being the best aunt and the one oldest daughter who’d never wanted to have kids, her childhood had been riddled with trauma and suffering, so really […]
Love In The Time Of Corona: Part Four
PART FOUR: “What’s a polar bear weigh?” She didn’t know the answer so her response was, “I dunno. What?” Dots formed again and quickly the words came. “Enough to break the ice”. She’d already dropped into the tub and was feeling the warm water surrounding her body when she read it. She laughed and felt […]
Love In The Time Of Corona: Part Three
PART THREE: On Bumble this shows up as a “BOOM” you’re connected. She looked at it. Knowing it was up to her to actually make the first move. She needed to be the one to write a message first. Her heart rang in her ears. She wasn’t really sure why it felt important to write […]
Love In The Time Of Corona: Part Two
PART TWO: The space was lovely, warm and comfortable.She was happy here. It wasn’t her space. But it felt like it. Her friend Anna was out of town and she was holding down the fort. Really, Anna was doing her a favor giving her this beautiful space to pass the time. Anna knew that she […]
Love In The Time Of Corona
PART ONE: She rarely swiped right. Her Friday nights were all about getting to the end of the list of potential matches without actually making a match. Because she wanted to be alone. Everything she told everyone else was different. But here with a glass of cabernet it felt good to judge the profiles and […]