By the time Lou got home from the office that night, I had pretty much cried myself out of emotions.  It was obvious that I’d spent the day in tears — my eyes looked like two fleshy footballs they were swollen. Lou seemed spent to me, too, and when he joined me at the dining […]

It’s Christmas time and things are painfully frosty… This is one of the saddest (and strangest) holiday seasons of my life. But I’m always thankful when I think about the posts on this blog that time never stands still. Mercifully, nothing ever stays the same forever. Posts 133 – 140 are available now… If you’re […]

Even the warm mineral waters of Two Bunch Palms couldn’t melt the frigid feelings that built up inside of me for Lou.  I’m sure most of the hate had left me by then. Fear and hate are also twins of the same emotion for me, but I knew that I could never hate my husband. […]