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Cómo Aguantamos

The thing Terry hates most about going back to England, even on vacations, is that it’s like coral: a living dead thing. There is sweet nothing to do. Football. Sky television. The cancer of the reminiscence.

The Man Who Found You In The Woods

She was not defying his judgment, but asking him to consider, for a moment, her own. You must come, she said. You must. For the first time in the seven years he’d owned her, Nathan obeyed his dog. He came when she called him.

The First Day

Mr. Bicycle Man, sleeveless clothes, a little velvet bluebird

Getting Dirty

A “gandy dancer,” a shoe-repair store, an annual slide show

O My Little Breath, O My Little Heart

Late-morning light falls on the gray carpet of our bedroom as I do my daily yoga practice and think about my upcoming trip with my two grown kids to the Southwest. I’ve been looking forward to it for months, but now, as the date draws near, I’m worried about how it will go. My children and I rarely travel together anymore.

Mothers And Sons

Picking out a baby outfit, playing an innocent game, becoming a caregiver

April 2001

When we see ourselves as we truly are, we call it “enlightenment”; we call it “salvation.” The words don’t matter. What matters is that the broken heart is lifted; the light returns.

Eavesdropping

Brothers, no-kidding eyes, bean holes

1981: Sprite Lost, Sprite Found