“There’s mail for you,” my mother said.

I knew what it was. My mother never tells me there’s mail at night. She waited until

now so that I could enjoy one of my last days at home before I’m shipped overseas. Or

maybe it took her all day to muster the strength. Either way,...

On the day of their wedding, my father 

wore a well pressed tie dye t-shirt,

with the curving outline of a moose 

stamped on the front. My mother

wore a crisp blue dress, cut at the knee 

and beige boat shoes from Value Village. 

The whole wedding took place

between the wood...

What if trees became people in the curtains? It was something Judy was thinking about as she stood in the middle of her living room and stared at the sliding door which led to the balcony, the balcony she repeatedly thought about throwing herself off of.

Judy would thro...