My Father Texted Me One Sentence, So I Left The Country

“Jenna’s the one you can count on when Haley falls apart.”

Everybody laughed.

Including me.

That’s the gross part.

I laughed too.

The Bank Gave Me One More Surprise

By ten that morning I had packed one large suitcase, one carry-on, my work laptop, and the blue ceramic bowl my friend Tasha made me at one of those paint-your-own pottery places. It was ugly.continue reading …