The Lesson of the Clothespin: Refusing to Discard the Broken Things in a Throwaway Culture

wasn’t angry. It was confused. Genuine, bewildered confusion. “Why do you want to make it hard on yourself, Leo? Life is stressful enough. Why keep the broken thing when you can get a perfect one? It’s almost like you want to be miserable.”

That night, I sat on my porch, Gable resting his chin on my boot. I looked at the houses lining the street. They continue reading …