I am scared I might die, suddenly. Of a heart attack. Me…no more. I’m afraid of leaving behind my wife who, through laughter, has brought joy into my life. I tried suicide once, you see. But I’m very happy that I failed miserably. I sat in the bath, in my situational crisis, sobbing my guts out and urging myself on to throw the electric appliance – a clock radio, since […]
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Gerard Sarnat | Silverlining theory lovingkindness opportunity
Saturday mornings early like 5 AM I drive to Ems’ to babysit Liav while daughter plus her husband sleep-in. About 9:15 I pop grandson in their bed, head to close-by Vipassana mindfulness meditation center hall where rearmost floor zafus and folding chairs left unoccupied are near front door which is labeled, Go Around Side So as NOT to disturb sangha sitters. But inevitably inattentive others arriving late either don’t notice […]
Lisa Rhodes Ryabchich | Mercy
What if — my mother had visited you in your hour of distress, and confronted the child within you? — The proud child that stood next to her, after she graduated from high school, as she posed hopeful with her blue cap, and gown on, with tassel pulled to the left. The child you played with at Christmas, posing in front of your family’s tree, with silver tinsel and colored […]
Penny Peyser | When passing by
When passing by your car, a fleeting look between us, I imagined eye contact. I had erased you from my address book because of deeds that we could not retract. The years had dimmed the fire of argument that burned so fiercely; blame we wouldn’t own. I now regret the price of anger spent and so resolved to call you on the phone. Then instantly it seemed we were at […]
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