This weekend I read a portion of this short story at the Border Senses release party. Thanks to the people that came out and Eurydice for the great photo... For my grandma’s third fifty-fourth birthday her ex-husband Réno took us out to celebrate. My grandma and he had been separated as long as I could remember but they remained friends. In fact, my grandma had remained friends with some of the other men she had been married to. I imagined that she was a bright light that they couldn’t stay far away from, but like any other light she sometimes shined too brightly. She took extra care getting ready that day, and paired a beautiful pink angora sweater with black pants and small black wedges. I was very excited as we got ready and left the house. For the celebration we were being taken to dinner at a well-known seafood restaurant, Villa Del Mar, w...
Sometimes I make sense. Sometimes I make you think. Sometimes I just need to write.