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“It’s always very pure, that last moment an ugly, unsettling truth hits someone. The most stark of before-and-afters I sat there and watched Luke’s face change, right before me….”

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“We’re only about a foot apart now, so close I could reach out and touch him, but I don’t. There’s a spark of tension between us, the air in the room crackling with it”.

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“I’m sorry, I’m the the most stubborn? Have you ever met yourself?” “Pumpkin, you are a million times worse than me.” “Don’t call me Pumpkin”.

“You’re right, wrong holiday. I should keep this Fourth of July-themed. How about Popsicle? Corncob? Wiener?” “If you call me seriner, I will actually jump out of this moving vehicle.” “Don’t hurt yourself, Weenie.” “I swear I will jump.” “Weenie no!” It almost sounds like he’s calling me sweetie, which makes the whole thing even more annoying. I am so frustrated I want to strangle him, but for some reason I can’t stop laughing”.

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“Like me?” I whispered, playing our old childhood game  that didn’t make a bit of sense to anyone but us.

His eyes misted over. “Rivers”, he whispered back. “Love me?” I asked.

“Oceans”, he answered.

“I love you oceans too,” I said, and squeezed his hand.

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Now I Tell You Everything: The Big Event

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Now I Tell You Everything: The Big Event

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Suddenly I saw movement in the mirror and look behind me to see Patrick standing in the doorway staring at me sleeves rolled up suit jacket over one arm.

“Snow in the forecast?” he asked quizzically.

I whirled about so fast that the pillow came halfway out and my pants begin to slide. With Patrick staring at me bug eyed, I ate them up and world across the bedroom, then threw my arms around his neck.

“ Patrick, I’m pregnant!” I cried “We’re parents!”

He made some kind of noise, a little gasp or gurgle, and then, holding me out away from him so he could see my face, he cried, “Really? Really?”

“Really,” I told him, and he let out a whoop of delight, lifting me off my feet and whooped again.

“When?”

“ February, I think. I’m trying on coats”, I said, and we fell on the bed laughing, tossing our pillow baby around and revelling in our May delirium.

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Now I Tell You Everything: The Big Event

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Now I Tell You Everything: The Big Event

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“One line, no baby; two lines, pregnant. Like Paul Revere and his lanterns or something.”

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“Like me?” I whispered, playing our old childhood game  that didn’t make a bit of sense to anyone but us.

His eyes misted over. “Rivers”, he whispered back. “Love me?” I asked.

“Oceans”, he answered.

“I love you oceans too,” I said, and squeezed his hand.

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“… And it was amazing how each of my friends morphed into the atmosphere, as though we were all cast in a movie of decades past, modulating our voices, censoring some of our expressions, and sitting upright with knees together, balancing a tea cup on our laps.”

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Now I Tell You Everything: Saying Good-bye

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Now I Tell You Everything: Saying Good-bye

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“I just feel like we’re… we’re magnets 🧲 of the wrong polarity. Instead of sticking together, we sort of…repel.”

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Now I Tell You Everything: Planning Ahead

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Now I Tell You Everything: Planning Ahead

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“I contemplated that vast expanse of shiny blackness. It was like a virgin forest, and I felt like an axman about to destroy it in forever.”

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I rested my chin in my hands. “ Why is life so complicated, David?” I asked.
“ To keep us from getting bored”, he said.

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“Don’t bite the hands of the one who has come to  rescue you”.

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“Most girls would die for a guy who fawned over them the way Sam did me”.