Month: February 2021
What I Want You to Know About the Day I Proposed to Your Mom
Your mom and I started dating during grad school, with some help from Gonzaga basketball. She had graduated from the University of San Diego and, while she hadn’t followed their athletics in the years since graduating, she did strike up a friendly rivalry with… Continue Reading “What I Want You to Know About the Day I Proposed to Your Mom”
What I Want You to Know About Salad
A few months ago, you made me a salad for the first time. You were on winter break, and I was trying to work remotely from the extra bedroom. I was spending the day having awkward team meetings on Zoom and testing out variations… Continue Reading “What I Want You to Know About Salad”
What I Want You to Know on the 16th of February
Nineteen years ago today, my father died. I talked to him on the phone a few days before about bowling. We laughed about having no finesse, only speed and the hope of ricochet. Then he was gone. I was on a road trip with… Continue Reading “What I Want You to Know on the 16th of February”
Comfort in Failure
New soap in the bathroom smells nothing like you. But the old pump was stuck. What else could I do? I ordered a bookshelf you wouldn’t have bought. It seemed a betrayal, essential or not.
A Widowed Father 